Expertise

Research and Creative Interests:

  • between documentary and the avant-garde
  • Afrosurrealism
  • African American cinema
  • Experimental Film
  • Josephine Baker
  • Seeing Whiteness
  • Black film heritage and history
  • Videographic Criticism

Francis’s work centers on innovators and adventurers in film during the early 20th century and the early 21st century.

Francis’s upcoming projects delve into Afrosurrealism and other forms of avant-garde expression.


Research Interests:

  • race, gender, and difference in black media in the African diaspora; Caribbean film; experimental film and Afrosurrealism
Past Affiliations
Communities
Media Studies, Multimedia Communication, Journalism, Film Studies, Communication
Degrees
PhD, University of Chicago, English Language and Literature, 2004
BA, University of Central Florida, English, 1994
Keywords
area studies arts and humanities
Associations
Society for Cinema and Media Studies