Films for the Colonies: Cinema and the Preservation of the British Empire
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- Synopsis
- 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.
- Copyright:
- 2019
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- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780520971813
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780520300385, 9780520300392
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- Date of Addition:
- 09/03/19
- Copyrighted By:
- Tom Rice
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Politics and Government
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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