Films for the Colonies
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Films for the Colonies examines the British Government's use of film across its vast Empire from the 1920s until widespread independence in the 1960s. Central to this work was the Colonial Film Unit, which produced, distributed, and, through its network of mobile cinemas, exhibited instructional and educational films throughout the British colonies. Using extensive archival research and rarely seen films, Films for the Colonies provides a new historical perspective on the last decades of the British Empire. It also offers a fresh exploration of British and global cinema, charting the emergence and endurance of new forms of cinema culture from Ghana to Jamaica, Malta to Malaysia. In highlighting the integral role of film in managing and maintaining a rapidly changing Empire, Tom Rice offers a compelling and far-reaching account of the media, propaganda, and the legacies of colonialism.
Title |
Films for the Colonies : Cinema and the Preservation of the British Empire / Tom Rice. |
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Publisher |
Berkeley, CA : University of California Press |
Creation Date |
[2019] |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. In English. |
Content |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Accessing Digitized Materials -- Timeline -- Introduction -- 1. Beginnings: The Interwar Movement of Nonfiction Film -- 2. Film Rules: The Governing Principles of the Colonial Film Unit -- 3. Mobilizing an Empire: The Colonial Film Unit in a State of War -- 4. Moving Overseas: "Films for Africans, with Africans, by Africans" -- 5. Handover: Local Units through the End of Empire -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
Extent |
1 online resource (425 pages) |
Language |
English |
Copyright Date |
©2019 |
National Library system number |
997012408480005171 |
MARC RECORDS
Tags
- Great Britain. Colonial Film Unit History.
- Colonial Film Unit (Great Britain)
- Great Britain. Ministry of Information. Colonial Film Unit
- Motion pictures Great Britain 20th century History.
- Motion pictures Social aspects 20th century.
- Cinema
- Feature films History and criticism
- Films
- Movies
- nne Moving-pictures
- Great Britain Colonies In motion pictures.
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