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Author Fuhrmann, Wolfgang, 1965- author.

Title Imperial projections : screening the German colonies / Wolfgang Fuhrmann
Published New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2015]
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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Series Film Europa: German cinema in an international context
Film Europa.
Contents Introduction -- The beginning of colonial film culture in Imperial Germany. From the variety theatre to the German colonial society -- Carl Muller: a colonial film maker -- The DKG's film shows: the colonies in motion -- Addressing the masses. The 'Hottentot election' of 1907 -- The DKG's Kinematographenkampagne -- Rise and fall of the Kinemtographenkampagne -- Ethnographic filmmaking in the colonies -- Karl Weule in German East Africa -- The expedition in context: modern German ethnography -- Filming in the Colonies: Training and Improvisation -- Tourism, Entertainment, and Colonial Ideology. Colonial Films in Public Cinema -- The colonial travelogue -- Colonial films in transition: Robert Schumann's comeback -- Colonial film propaganda during the First World War. Setting up colonial war propaganda -- The Deutsche Kolonial-filmgesellschaft (DEUKO) -- Conclusion. Beyond the colonial era
Summary The beginning of filmmaking in the German colonies coincided with colonialism itself coming to a standstill. Scandals and economic stagnation in the colonies demanded a new and positive image of their value for Germany. By promoting business and establishing a new genre within the fast growing film industry, films of the colonies were welcomed by organizations such as the Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft (German Colonial Society). The films triggered patriotic feelings but also addressed the audience as travelers, explorers, wildlife protectionists, and participants in unique cultural events. This book is the first in-depth analysis of colonial filmmaking in the Wilhelmine Era
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-301) and index
Includes filmography
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Subject Documentary films -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
Motion pictures -- Germany -- Colonies
Motion pictures in propaganda -- Germany
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
Documentary films
German colonies
Motion pictures in propaganda
SUBJECT Germany -- Colonies -- History -- 20th century
Subject Germany
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781782386988
178238698X
9781785335136
1785335138