Title Films for the colonies : cinema and the preservation of the British Empire / Tom Rice

Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019] ©2019

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Description 1 online resource Contents Beginnings: the interwar movement of nonfiction film -- Film rules: the governing principles of the colonial film unit -- Mobilizing an empire: the colonial film unit in a state of war -- Moving overseas: "films for Africans, with Africans, by Africans" -- Handover: local units through the end of empire Summary "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, through the war, civil unrest and political independence. 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, from Malta to Malaysia. This is not an antiquated history, but one that continues to shape Britain and its former colonies today"--Provided by publisher Analysis 1920s british colonies british empire british government colonial film unit empire film ghana global cinema independence instructional and educational films jamaica legacies of colonialism malaysia malta media mobile cinemas movies new forms of cinema culture new historical perspective producing movies propaganda rapidly changing empire Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher Subject Great Britain. Colonial Film Unit -- History SUBJECT Great Britain. Colonial Film Unit fast Subject Motion pictures -- Great Britain -- 20th century -- History Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- 20th century PERFORMING ARTS -- Film -- Genres -- Historical. British colonies Motion pictures Motion pictures -- Social aspects SUBJECT Great Britain -- Colonies -- In motion pictures Subject Great Britain Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2019004370 ISBN 9780520971813 0520971817

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