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Accessing the archive: A TV history of Afrikaans film
- Source: Journal of African Cinemas, Volume 7, Issue 1, Apr 2015, p. 3 - 14
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- 01 Apr 2015
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Abstract
Abstract
This article explores the political economy of the Afrikaans film production industry. The point of entry is a TV documentary series, Far Away in the Movies (Lategan, 2011). A basic methodology for examining visualization of media history is developed by examining the series as a point of reference. The issue of film archives and challenges of obtaining access is discussed. Issues of memory and how interviewees and scholars remember is conducted through autoethnographic analysis.
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