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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

By Samson Kaunga Ndanyi

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Samson Kaunga Ndanyi
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781793649249
• ISBN: 978-1-79364-924-9
• Pagine: 176
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Mediologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, ART / Film & Video, HISTORY / Africa / Central, Kenya, Central Africa, African History, Electronic, holographic & video art, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies