Southern African Cinematography 1913 Present Colonialism through Autocracy

Southern African Cinematography: 1913 – Present, Colonialism through Autocracy to Democracy Lecture 2 http: //southernafricancinema. wordpress. com/ Derek Barker www. derekbarker. info Dr. Derek. Barker@gmail. com

Slavoj Zizek Shown in class: Pervert’s Guide to Ideology – first 10 minutes: what is ideology? Recommended watching: whole of this documentary + Pervert’s Guide to Cinema (part 1, 2&3)

Gods Must Be Crazy 6. 42 18. 17 35. 44 Do you notice any aspect of the film in its narration or images any questioning of the ruling ideology of the (unquestionable) right of whites to control Africa?

Working definition of African films are: • About Africa (no matter where it is shot) • Directed by people engaged with Africa (negatively or positively) • About issues relevant to African audiences (no matter location and no matter if also addressed to other audiences)

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Film Approximately 50 feature (fiction) films produced between 1976 – 2013.

Zimbabwe Film Killing Heat (1981) by Martin Raeburn, The film takes place in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in the 1940 s. Mary, a city woman, marries a farmer named Dick Turner. Mary is pulled from the comforts of her cosmopolitan life and forced to live on Dick's unsuccessful farm.

Zimbabwe Film Killing Heat (1981) cont. Mary slowly becomes insane and has a sexual affair with her black servant, Moses. When Mary and Moses' affair is discovered Mary asks Moses to leave the farm. Moses returns and murders Mary

Zimbabwe Film Jit (1990), produced by Rory Kilalea and directed by Michael Raeburn, is a light story about the ceaseless efforts of a young man in the city to earn the bride price for the parents of the girl he has fallen in love with, despite the attempts by a spirit to thwart him and make him return to his village.

Zimbabwe Film More Time (1993), directed by Isaac Mabhikwa, is about a township girl facing the happiness of love and the danger of AIDS

Zimbabwean Film Neria (1993) by Godwin Mawuru - Neria, an African woman living in Zimbabwe loses her husband which causes more trouble than sympathy in her immediate community. Throughout the movie we see the trials she faces as a woman when she struggles to keep her farm. The main focus is on the difficulties of rural life in Africa for widows.

Zimbabwe Film Everyone's Child (1996) was directed by Tsitsi Dangarembga, and is based on a story by the writer Shimmer Chinodya about four children, whose parents died of AIDS.

Zimbabwe Film Flame (1996), directed by Ingrid Sinclair, was the first Zimbabwean film set in the liberation struggle. The main characters are two female friends, who are active fighters, fighting both the war, the dissolution of their dreams, and sexual abuse.

Zimbabwe Film Yellow Card (2000) by John and Louise Riber, which focuses on male sexuality and responsibility with a football player as the lead role.

Zimbabwean Film Tanyaradzwa (2005) by Tawanda Gunda Mupengo is about an intelligent, outgoing girl from a rich, loving family. Life seems perfect until one night. . .

Zimbabwean film Suwi (2010) by Catherine Musola Kasaketti A young woman who is handicapped after an accident becomes attached to an AIDS orphan.

Zimbabwean Film The Gentleman (2011) by Joe Njagu is about a young man put in a moral dilemma is forced to choose between saving his dying pregnant wife or going against his beliefs.

Doris Lessing http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Q LYb. X 3 R 9 gls

The Grass is Singing The Grass Is Singing is the first novel, published in 1950, by British Nobel Prizewinning author Doris Lessing. It takes place in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), in southern Africa, during the 1940 s and deals with the racial politics between whites and blacks in that country (which was then a British Colony)

Killing Heat (1981) http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=7 Yy. Fes. Za. MKc