Florence Ayisi

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Florence Ayisi
Born1962
Kumba
Citizenship Cameroon
Occupation(s)Filmmaker,
University teacher,
Academic,
Film director

Florence Ayisi (born in on 22 July 1962) is a filmmaker from Cameroon. Her film Sisters in Law was released in 2005 winning the Prix Art et Essai award at the Cannes Film Festival and a Peabody.

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Biography

Ayisi was born 22 July 1962 in Kumba, Cameroon. [1] She earned a certificate in higher education in 1997 from the School of Education at the University of Sunderland. In 1989 she earned a BA from the University of Yaoundé in Cameroon. In 1989 she earned a MA in theatre and media production from the University of Hull and, in 1992, she earned an MA in film production from the Northern School of Film and Television at Leeds Metropolitan University.[ citation needed ]

Since 2000 she has taught film at the University of South Wales. [2] [3] Ayisi founded the production company Iris Films in 2005.

In 2005, she released Sisters in Law which went on to win multiple awards including the Prix Art et Essai award at the Cannes Film Festival and a Peabody. [4] [5] [6] [7] The film received positive reviews. [8] [9] [10] [11]

In 2007, she met Queen Eliszabeth II for her work's association with Commonwealth countries. [12] In 2008, she won the UK Film Council Breakthrough Brits Award for Film Talent in 2008. [6] [12]

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ "Biography of Florence Ayisi". African Success. 3 June 2008. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "University of South Wales - Florence Ayisil" . Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  3. ↑ White, Patricia (1 January 2006). "Cinema Solidarity: The Documentary Practice of Kim Longinotto" . Cinema Journal. 46 (1): 120–128. doi:10.1353/cj.2007.0008. JSTOR   4137156. S2CID   144270154.
  4. ↑ "Cannes award for courtroom film". BBC News. 24 May 2005. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Winner 2007 Independent Lens: Sisters in Law". Peabody Awards. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Florence Ayisi". Women Make Movies. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "Hollywood embraces Britain's black film talent". The Independent. 10 May 2008. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  8. ↑ Meskimmon, Marsha; Rowe, Dorothy C. (2012). "Editorial". Women, the Arts and Globalization. Manchester University Press. p. 10. ISBN   9780719096716.
  9. ↑ Tchouaffé, Olivier Jean (2012). "Women in Film in Cameroon: Thérèse Sita-Bella, Florence Ayisi, Oswalde Lewat and Josephine Ndagnou". Journal of African Cinemas. 4 (2): 191–206. doi:10.1386/jac.4.2.191_1.
  10. ↑ Malkowski, Jennifer (1 June 2007). "Reel Paradise / Sisters in Law". Film Quarterly. 60 (4): 30–34. doi:10.1525/fq.2007.60.4.30. ISSN   0015-1386.
  11. ↑ Maher, Jennifer; Moorman, Marissa (Spring 2008). "A Black Camera Movie Review: Sisters in Law by Florence Ayisi; Kim Longinotto". Black Camera. 22/23: 120–122. JSTOR   27761711.
  12. 1 2 "Honourees 2008". UK Film Council. 23 February 2012. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  13. ↑ Mayer, Sophie (22 October 2015). Political Animals: The New Feminist Cinema. I.B.Tauris. ISBN   9780857729941.
  14. 1 2 "Independent Lens . SISTERS IN LAW . The Filmmakers". www.pbs.org. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2017.

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