Instructional Cinema and African Audiences in Colonial Kenya, 19261963

This book argues that African film audiences in colonial Kenya were not passive recipients of British cultural programs created to "teach" and "civilize" them. Rather, they rejected mediocre films and actively participated in the cinema discourse that brought about changes in cinema production.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter One: Making Instructional Cinema: Historical Overview
Chapter Two: Mobile Cinema Vans and African Assistants
Chapter Three: "A Problem of Something Like Chicago Gangsterdom": Mau Mau War and Instructional Cinema
Chapter Four: Child Spectators and Cinema Spaces as Zones of Encounter and
Contested Political and Cultural Power
Chapter Five: "They Found Our Pictures Inferior in Quality": Africans' Reaction
to Instructional Cinema
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

Samson Kaunga Ndanyi is assistant professor of African history and Africana studies at Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee.

Summary

This book argues that African film audiences in colonial Kenya were not passive recipients of British cultural programs created to “teach” and “civilize” them. Rather, they rejected mediocre films and actively participated in the cinema discourse that brought about changes in cinema production.

Product details

• Authors: Samson Kaunga Ndanyi
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781793649249
• ISBN: 978-1-79364-924-9
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Africa, ART / Film & Video, HISTORY / Africa / Central, Kenya, Central Africa, African History, Electronic, holographic & video art, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity