Cinema of Apartheid - Race and Class in South African Film

This study analyses the historical development of South African cinema up to he book's original publication in 1988. It describes the films and comments on their relationship to South African realities, addressing all aspects of the industry, focusing on domestic production, but also discussing international film companies who use South Africa as a location. It explores tensions between English-language and Afrikaans-language films, and between films made for blacks and films made for whites.

Going behind the scenes the author looks at the financial infrastructure, the marketing strategies, and the works habits of the film industry. He concludes with a discussion of independent filmmaking, the obstacles facing South Africans who want to make films with artistic and political integrity, and the possibilities of progress in the future.

Includes comprehensive bibliography and filmography listing all feature films made in South Africa between 1910 and 1985 together with documentary films by South Africans, non-South Africans, and exiles about the country.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Censorship 2. Control by Subsidy 3. Films for Blacks 4. Film Movements 5. The Reviewer Syndrome 6. Film Critics 7. Marketing a Product 8. Distribution 9. Esthetic Labor 10. Independent Cinema 11. Social Polarization. South African Feature Films, a Chronology: 1910-1985

About the author

Keyan Tomaselli

Product details

• Authors: Keyan Tomaselli, Tomaselli Keyan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.11.2013
• EAN: 9780415726740
• ISBN: 978-0-415-72674-0
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Cinema
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Ethnic Studies, History, Media Studies, Sociology, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Humanities, Regional Studies, Social and cultural anthropology, Regional / International studies, Political campaigning & advertising, Political campaigning and advertising, Regional Geography, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Reference