Colonial Cinema in Africa: Origins, Images, Audiences

by Glenn Reynolds

In recent decades historians and film scholars have intensified their study of colonial cinema in Africa. Yet the vastness of the continent, the number of European powers involved and irregular record keeping has made uncovering the connections between imagery, imperialism and indigenous peoples difficult. This volume takes up the challenge, tracing production and exhibition patterns to show how motion pictures were introduced on the continent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078647985X
• ISBN13: 9780786479856
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher