Semester
Spring
Date of Graduation
2020
Document Type
Thesis
College
Reed College of Media
Department
Reed College of Media
Committee Chair
Joel Beeson
Committee Member
Steve Urbanski
Committee Member
John Temple
Committee Member
Deborah Draper
Abstract
This professional project examines the ways in which French colonial documentaries were used in conjunction with governmental legislation to enforce dominant narratives and repress marginalized perspectives about the nature of colonialism and the roles of the French and West Africans in its execution. Through the limitations and powers of documentary filmmaking, this project explores the ways in which counter narratives can allow media professionals today to remedy the one sided dominant narratives about marginalized communities that have existed for decades. The culmination of this project is in the creation of a documentary treatment and sizzle reel that will be the beginning of a documentary intended to put into practice the findings of this professional project.
Recommended Citation
Diop, Khadija-Awa, "Becoming the Lion's Historian" (2020). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 7532.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/7532
Included in
Africana Studies Commons, Film and Media Studies Commons, Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies Commons