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Botha, Martin. South African Cinemas 1896-2010

Author
Botha, Martin. South African Cinemas 1896-2010
Published On
February 1, 2023
Original Date
2012
Aesthetic
Bibliographic

Botha, Martin. South African Cinemas 1896-2010. Bristol: Intellect, 2012.

Taking an inclusive approach to South African film history, this volume represents an ambitious attempt to analyze and place in appropriate sociopolitical context the aesthetic highlights of South African cinema from 1896 to the present. Thoroughly researched and fully documented by renowned film scholar Martin Botha, the book focuses on the many highly creative uses of cinematic form, style, and genre as set against South Africa's complex and often turbulent social and political landscape. Included are more than two hundred illustrations and a look at many aspects of South African film history that haven't been previously documented.

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