SA National Cinema

"South African National Cinema" Examines How Cinema in South Africa Represents National Identities, Particularly With Regard to Race. This Significant and Unique Contribution Establishes Interrelationships Between South African Cinema and Key Points in South Africa's History, Showing How Cinema Figures in the Making, Entrenching and Undoing of Apartheid. This Study Spans the Twentieth Century and Beyond Through Detailed Analysis of Selected Films, Beginning With "De Voortrekkers "(1916) Through to "Mapantsula "(1988) and Films Produced Post Apartheid, Including "Drum "(2004), "Tsotsi "(2005) and "Zulu Love Letter" (2004).Jacqueline Maingard Discusses How Cinema Reproduced and Constructed a White National Identity, Taking Readers Through Cinema's Role in Building White Afrikaner Nationalism in the 1930S and 1940S. She Then Moves to Examine Film Culture and Modernity in the Development of Black Audiences From the 1920S to the 1950S, Especially in a Group of Films That Includes "Jim Comes