Africa on Film: Beyond Black and White

By Kenneth M. Cameron

Book Overview

From serious social commentary to outrageous camp, from Cry, the Beloved Country to Tarzan and Jungle Queen, American and British films have gone to Africa, either in spirit or reality, to find the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826406580
• ISBN13: 9780826406583
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

many stereotypical films

The majority of films described here were done by Americans or Europeans. Who chose Africa as the backdrop for various reasons. We see that in the early decades, many had a strong colonialist bent. Above all, the various Tarzan movies. Where Africans were merely portrayed as simple peoples, at best. After World War 2, there is a dimunition of such themes. But now we see new ideas arising. Notably decolonisation and how the newly independent nations might fare. Frankly, movies that differ from such stereotypes are indeed rare, in Cameron's analysis.

Excellent resource!

Both thorough and thoroughly readable, Africa on Film is indispensable for anyone interested in American and European movies about "the Dark Continent." Cameron knows his stuff and writes about it gracefully; I profited especially from his comments on Tarzan.