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Creating a 'black film industry' : state intervention and films for African audiences in South Africa, 1956-1990.
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| author | Paleker, Gairoonisa |
| author2 | Bickford-Smith, Vivian |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/8259 Creating a 'black film industry' : state intervention and films for African audiences in South Africa, 1956-1990. Paleker, Gairoonisa Bickford-Smith, Vivian Mendelsohn, Richard Historical Studies Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 217-239). This thesis examines one aspect of cinema in South Africa, namely, the historical construction of a 'black film industry' and the development of a 'black' cinema viewing audience. It does so by focusing on films produced specifically for an African audience using a state subsidy. This subsidy was introduced in 1972 and was separate from the general or A-Scheme subsidy that was introduced in 1956 for the production of English- and Afrikaans-language or 'white' films. This thesis is a critical assessment of the actual film products that the B-Scheme produced. The films are analysed within the broader political, economic and social context of their production and exhibition. The films are used as historical sources for the way in which African identities were constructed. Through critical analyses of the selected films, the thesis examines the manner in which African people, culture, gender and family relations, as well as class and/or political aspirations were represented in film. Africans had very little opportunity or power to represent themselves and where this had been possible, it was within the ideological and political boundaries set by the apartheid government. 2014-10-08T09:43:26Z 2014-10-08T09:43:26Z 2009 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8259 eng application/pdf Department of Historical Studies Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Historical Studies Paleker, Gairoonisa Creating a 'black film industry' : state intervention and films for African audiences in South Africa, 1956-1990. |
| thesis_degree_str | Doctoral |
| title | Creating a 'black film industry' : state intervention and films for African audiences in South Africa, 1956-1990. |
| title_full | Creating a 'black film industry' : state intervention and films for African audiences in South Africa, 1956-1990. |
| title_fullStr | Creating a 'black film industry' : state intervention and films for African audiences in South Africa, 1956-1990. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Creating a 'black film industry' : state intervention and films for African audiences in South Africa, 1956-1990. |
| title_short | Creating a 'black film industry' : state intervention and films for African audiences in South Africa, 1956-1990. |
| title_sort | creating a black film industry state intervention and films for african audiences in south africa 1956 1990 |
| topic | Historical Studies |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8259 |
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