Wildlife Documentaries in Southern Africa

This is the first study of wildlife filmmaking in Southern Africa with particular emphasis on the relationship between trends there and elsewhere.

List of contents

Introduction: The social, political and technological background; Chapter 1: The Kruger and the politics of conservation; Chapter 2: Catching rhinos: from Ian Player to John Wayne; Chapter 3: East to South: why African wildlife filmmaking moved from East to Southern Africa; Chapter 4: Alan Root in Kenya and the Bartletts in Southern Africa; Chapter 5: Michael Rosenberg and cultural brokering; Chapter 6: David and Carol Hughes; Chapter 7: Dieter Plage and South West Africa; Chapter 8: John Varty and the role of the private lodge; Chapter 9: Technology transfers and local innovations; Chapter 10: The new millennium: Kim Wolhuter, the Jouberts and Mad Mike and Mark; Chapter 11: The future of the genre?: WildEarth television and the attractions of wildlife live; Conclusion.

About the author

Ian Glenn is Emeritus Professor of Media Studies at the University of Cape Town and the author of First Safari: Searching for Francois Levaillant.

Summary

This is the first study of wildlife filmmaking in Southern Africa with particular emphasis on the relationship between trends there and elsewhere.

Product details

• Authors: Ian Glenn, Glenn Ian
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9781839981500
• ISBN: 978-1-83998-150-0
• No. of pages: 286
• Subjects: Guides > Nature > Nature guide; Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; PHOTOGRAPHY / Photoessays & Documentaries, NATURE / Animals / Wildlife, HISTORY / Africa / South / General, Documentary films, Southern Africa, Photographs: collections, Wildlife: general interest, African History, Southern African filmmakers; Kruger Park