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book		African camera : an introduction to African cinema / Australian Film Institute Sydney: Australian Film Institute, Call No: 71 (6) AFR Author: Australian Film Institute Place: Sydney Publisher: Australian Film Institute PhysDes: 32 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 21 cm Subject: VISAGES DE FEMMES (IV, Desire Ecare, 1985); FINYE (ML, Souleymane Cisse, 1982); NYMANTON (ML, Cheik Omar Sissoko, 1986); HARVEST: 3000 YEARS (ET, Haile Gerima, 1976); AFRICAN CAMERA (TI, Ferid Boughedir, 1983); WEST INDIES STORY (MU, Med Hondo, 1979); VIE EST BELLE, LA (CG/BE/FR, Benoit Lamy & Ngangura Mweze, 1987); TOUKI BOUKI (SG, Djibril Diop Mambety, 1973); KADDU BEYKAT (SG, Safi Faye, 1975); BOPHA (US/SA, Daniel Riesenfeld, 1986); SONG OF THE SPEAR (UK, 1985); ANVIL AND THE HAMMER, THE (UK, Barry Feinberg, 1985); MANDELA (US, Peter Davis, 1986); CONSUMING HUNGER (US, Ilan Ziv & Freke Vuijst, 1987); SAMBIZANGA (AL, Sarah Maldoror, 1972); MANDABI [MONEY ORDER, THE] (SG, Ousmane Sembene, 1968); AFRICA; AFRICA IN FILMS; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA IN FILMS Notes: Title from cover. "This monograph was produced to accompany African camera, a festival of recent African cinema imported by the Australian Film Institute in September/ October 1987--Page 2. Includes bibliographical references (page 31) More info
book		African film and literature : adapting violence to the screen / Lindiwe Dovey New York: Columbia University Press, 2009. Call No: 730.5.0(6) DOV Author: Dovey, Lindiwe Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Columbia University Press PubDate: 2009 PhysDes: xviii, 334 p. : ill. Series: Film and culture Subject: AFRICA IN FILMS; AFRICAN COUNTRIES; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA IN FILMS; VIOLENCE IN FILMS; FOOLS (FR/SA/MZ/RH, Ramadan Suleman, 1996); TSOTSI (UK/SA, Gavin Hood, 2005); WALK IN THE NIGHT, A (SA, Mickey Madoda Dube, 1998); CRY THE BELOVED COUNTRY (US, Darrell Roodt, 1995); KARMEN GEÏ (SG/FR, Joseph Gaï Ramaka, 2001); GENESE, LA (ML/FR, Cheick Oumar Sissoko, 1999) Summary: "Analysing a range of South African and West African films inspired by African and non-African literature, Lindiwe Dovey idenitifies a specific trend in contemporary African filmmaking - one in which filmmakers are using the embodied audiovisual medium of film to offer a critique of physical and psychological violence." - TAKEN FROM BACK COVER ISBN: 9780231147552 Donation: donated by Senses of Cinema, 2012 Contents: Cinema and violence in South Africa -- Fools and victims : adapting rationalized rape into feminist film -- Redeeming features : screening HIV/AIDS, screening out rape in Gavin Hood's Tsotsi -- From black and white to "coloured" : racial identity in 1950s and 1990s South Africa in two versions of A walk in the night -- Audio-visualizing "invisible" violence : remaking and reinventing Cry, the beloved country -- Cinema and violence in francophone West Africa -- Losing the plot, restoring the lost chapter : Aristotle in Cameroon -- African incar(me)nation : Joseph Gai¨ Ramaka's Karmen gei¨ -- Humanizing the Old Testament's origins, historicizing genocide's origins : Cheick Oumar Sissoko's La gene`se More info
book		The Biograph in battle : its story in the South African War related with personal experiences / W.K.-L. Dickson ; with a new introduction by Richard Brown. Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1995. Call No: 81DIC DIC Author: Dickson, W. K. L. Edition: Facsim. reprint ed. Source: US Place: Madison Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press PubDate: 1995 PhysDes: xix, 300 p. : ill. ; 21 cm Subject: SOUTH AFRICA IN FILMS; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. AFRICAN COUNTRIES Summary: First published in 1901 and now a rare collector's item, this is cameraman Dickson's diary kept during the Biograph Company's filming on the battlefields of the Boer War. The book is being republished in a facsimile edition, with a specially commissioned introduction from film historian Richard Brown. It tells of one man's absolute determination to bring back - against great odds - a filmed record of war, at a time when the medium itself was in its infancy. Dickson's huge machine, designed by himself, weighed nearly half a ton and had to be transported everywhere in South Africa by horse-drawn cart, requiring the combined efforts of several strong men each time it had to be set up. The book is exceptional among the handful of written accounts produced in the first years of the cinema. It is a human document, written not in a mood of quiet reflection after the event, but as a vital diary recording dangerous and difficult conditions at the Front. [summary taken from Australian Library Collections] ISBN: 083863654 More info
journal article		A foreign country in Australian screen education (Autumn 2000) iss.22 p.90-95 Author: Hookham, John PhysDes: Article; Illustration(s) Subject: BIOGRAPHICAL FILMS; SOUTH AFRICA IN FILMS; WORLD APART, A (UK, Chris Menges, 1988) Summary: Hookham travelled to South Africa to shoot part of his autobiographical documentary. He discusses how "A world apart" works as an autobiographical film. He believes that autobiographical work must be truthful, comprehensible, reveal the social context and explore the private as well as public. More info
book		Myth, race, and power : South Africans imaged on film and TV / by Keyan Tomaselli ... [et al.] Bellville [South Africa]: Anthropos, 1986. Call No: 45:39 MYT Author: Tomaselli, Keyan G., 1948 Place: Bellville [South Africa] Publisher: Anthropos PubDate: 1986 PhysDes: xi, 126 p. : ill. ; 21 cm Series: Critical studies in African anthropology ; no. 1 Subject: SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA IN FILMS; ETHNOGRAPHIC FILMS; PROPAGANDA FILMS; PROPAGANDA FILMS. SOUTH AFRICA; THEY CAME FROM THE EAST [TV](SA, 1976) Summary: "Myth, Race and Power: South Africans Imaged on Film and TV examines films, videos and television series made by local and overseas producers. Amongst the titles discussed in detail are Laurens van der Post's Testament to the Bushman, various films made by John Marshall on the !Kung, the SABC's They Came From the East sand the British made White Tribe of Africa. The authors discuss the very thin line between propaganda and documentary, and show how ethnographic films become prograganda in particular viewing contexts. State propaganda films examined include To Act A Lie, A Place Called Soweto and White Roots in Africa. The book offers the most exhustive bibliography and filmography available on South African ethnographic film Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 107-115; Filmography: p. 116-121 ISBN: 0620090030 (pbk.) LON: 5431246 More info
book		Representing Aboriginality : a post-colonial analysis of the key trends of representing aboriginality in South African, Australian and Aotearoa/New Zealand film / Sacha Clelland-Stokes Hojbjerg, Denmark: Intervention Press, 2007. Call No: 744.6 CLE Author: Clelland-Stokes, Sacha Source: NZ Place: Hojbjerg, Denmark Publisher: Intervention Press PubDate: 2007 PhysDes: 217 p. ; 21 cm Subject: INDIGENOUS; MAORI CINEMA; SOUTH AFRICA IN FILMS; ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN CINEMA; GREAT DANCE: A HUNTER'S STORY, THE (US, Craig Foster & Damon Foster); LAST WAVE, THE (AT, Peter Weir, 1977); ONCE WERE WARRIORS (NZ, Lee Tamahori, 1994) Summary: The book looks at aborigines in Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand, and examines the social, and political attidudes of the rest of society towards these peoples. It attempts to show how film reflects these values , and concentrates on three films: The great dance - a hunter's story, The last wave, and Once were warriors. Notes: Bibliography: p. 207-217 ISBN: 9788789825151 More info

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