Florence Ayisi Explained

Florence Ayisi (born in on 22 July 1962) is a is 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.

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.

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 whe won the UK Film Council Breakthrough Brits Award for Film Talent in 2008.

Filmography

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 3 June 2008 . Biography of Florence Ayisi . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20181130155058/http://www.africansuccess.org/visuFiche.php?lang=en&id=571 . 30 November 2018 . 19 Feb 2017 . African Success.
  2. Web site: University of South Wales - Florence Ayisil . 19 Feb 2017.
  3. White . Patricia . 2006-01-01 . Cinema Solidarity: The Documentary Practice of Kim Longinotto . Cinema Journal . 46 . 1 . 120–128 . 10.1353/cj.2007.0008 . 4137156 . 144270154.
  4. Web site: 24 May 2005 . Cannes award for courtroom film . 2017-03-02 . BBC News.
  5. News: Winner 2007 Independent Lens: Sisters in Law . 2017-03-07 . Peabody Awards . en.
  6. Web site: Florence Ayisi . 2017-03-07 . Women Make Movies.
  7. News: 2008-05-10 . Hollywood embraces Britain's black film talent . 2017-03-07 . The Independent . en-GB.
  8. Book: Meskimmon . Marsha . Women, the Arts and Globalization . Rowe . Dorothy C. . Manchester University Press . 2012 . 9780719096716 . 10 . Editorial.
  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 . 10.1386/jac.4.2.191_1.
  10. Malkowski . Jennifer . 2007-06-01 . Reel Paradise / Sisters in Law . Film Quarterly . en . 60 . 4 . 30–34 . 10.1525/fq.2007.60.4.30 . 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 . 27761711.
  12. Web site: 2012-02-23 . Honourees 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120223143732/http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/breakthroughbrits#Florence . 23 February 2012 . 2017-03-07 . UK Film Council.
  13. Book: Mayer, Sophie. Political Animals: The New Feminist Cinema. 2015-10-22. I.B.Tauris. 9780857729941. en.
  14. Web site: Independent Lens . SISTERS IN LAW . The Filmmakers PBS. www.pbs.org. 2017-03-07. 2020-12-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20201204083144/https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/sistersinlaw/filmmakers.html. dead.

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