Description
The author describes how early actualities, expeditionary footage, ethnographic documentaries and missionary films were made in the African interior and examines the rise of mass black spectatorship. While Africans in the first two decades of the 20th century were sidelined as cinema consumers because of colonial restrictions, social and political changes in the subsequent interwar period--wrought by large-scale mining in southern Africa--led to a rethinking of colonial film policy by missionaries, mining concerns and colonial officials. By World War II, cinema had come to black Africa.
About the Author
Glenn Reynolds is associate professor of history in the Social Sciences Division at Mount Saint Mary College, USA where he specializes in the history of colonial cinema in Africa. He lives in Ossining, New York, USA.
Book Information
ISBN 9780786479856
Author Glenn Reynolds
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
Publisher McFarland & Co Inc
Weight(grams) 450g