Mariann Lewinsky (a cura di): Albert Samama Chikli : Fotografo, cineasta, navigatore (a book, 2023)

Albert Samama Chikli. Fotografo, cineasta, navigatore

A cura di: Lewinsky, Mariann

    Foreword: Gian Luca Farinelli
Il fondo Albert Samama Chikli : Cecilia Cenciarelli, Elena Correra, Nina Fortuna
Albert Samama Chikli: La vita : Mariann Lewinsky
La fotografia : Michele Smargiassi, Elena Correra
Il cinema : Mariann Lewinsky

Haydée : Cecilia Cenciarelli
Filmografia : Mariann Lewinsky
La riscoperta di Albert Samama Chikli, pioniere del cinema africano : Aboubakar Sanogo
Il padre del cinema tunisiano : Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud
"L'Enfant du pays" : Morgan Corriou
Una cassetta color polvere : Liliane Barda
Bibliografia

    Anno: 2023 Categorie: Libri

prezzo: 40.00 38.00 €
Coffee table size
Hard cover

Richly illustrated

lingua: italiano / inglese

pp. 336

ISBN / EAN: 9791280491145

Cinestore (Cineteca di Bologna) blurb: " Albert Samama Chikli (1872-1934) è stato pioniere del cinema africano, geniale fotografo, tecnofilo e inventore, marinaio, principe, nomade, artista poliedrico e libero, che ci riporta sulle sponde di un Mediterraneo crocevia di saperi e civiltà. Dai meravigliosi scatti di Chikli emerge un profondo amore per il suo paese, la Tunisia, di cui ci mostra per la prima volta il profilo dall’alto di un pallone aerostatico, i lavori della campagna e della pesca, il mondo beduino del grande Sud, la ricchezza di una città colonizzata ma fiorente come Tunisi. I suoi film rivelano un indiscusso talento e un pensiero moderno. Documenta la Grande guerra per l’armata francese e realizza, in collaborazione con la figlia Haydée, sceneggiatrice e attrice, due lungometraggi di finzione. Il volume – in doppia lingua italiano e inglese e accompagnato da un ricco corredo iconografico – ne ripercorre la multiforme parabola artistica, proponendo per la prima volta una filmografia completa, in gran parte ricostruita sulla base dei materiali d’archivio depositati presso il fondo Chikli della Cineteca di Bologna."

" Albert Samama Chikli (1872-1934) was a pioneer of African cinema, a brilliant photographer, a technophile and inventor, a sailor, a prince, a nomad, a polymath and an independent artist. His life, works and passions take us back to the shores of the Mediterranean, a crossroad of knowledge and civilisation. A deep love of his homeland, Tunisia, emerges from Samama’s photography; he shows us, for the first time, the profile of this land from the heights of a hot-air balloon, the labour of farmers and fishermen, the Bedouin world of the great south, the riches of the colonised but flourishing city of Tunis. The films he made reveal his indisputable talent and modern mindset. He documents the Great War for the French army and shoots, along with daughter Haydée as screenwriter and actress, two feature-length films. This dual language volume – Italian and English – is accompanied by a wealth of images. It retraces the course of Samama’s multifaceted artistic career and reconstructs his complete filmography for the first time, thanks in large part to the archive materials held by the Samama Chikli Collection of Cineteca di Bologna. "

AA: Father of Tunisian cinema, father of Arab cinema, father of African cinema. We have been following the rediscovery of the rich oeuvre of Albert Samama Chikli at Il Cinema Ritrovato for years, witnessing early footage from Tunis in fiction and non-fiction movies, also views from the First World War and stunning aerial scenes shot from a hot air balloon.

Samama was an outstanding cinematographer and photographer. His family has been involved in the project since the beginning, and also thanks to the family archives gorgeous photogaphs have been made available. A work has resulted that is both an indispensable contribution to (early) cinema studies and an artistically high quality publication in its own right.

I blogged about the opening program of the Albert Samama Chikli project eight years ago:
https://anttialanenfilmdiary.blogspot.com/2015/06/albert-samama-chikly-prince-of-pioneers.html