This book reveals a long-lost treasure trove of silent cinema. At the same time as Hollywood was starting, a film industry in Southern Africa was surging ahead in production, distribution and exhibition.
Black & White Bioscope
Making Movies in Africa 1899 to 1925 (2018)
Films made in African studios and locations brought in experienced technicians and actors from New York and London, as well as employing many Africans—whose talents were remarked upon in overseas reviews.
Nearly sixty movies are reconstructed with illustrations, plot synopses and quotations from reviews—including the precursor of the 1960s movie Zulu, the original King Solomon’s Mines and The Blue Lagoon, with pioneer African film stars A.Z. Goba and Msoga Mwana as the black revolutionary in Prester John.
AUTHOR: Neil Parsons
EXTENT: 264pp
ILLUSTRATIONS: 520 b/w
FORMAT: 240 x 275mm
PUBLISHED BY: Intellect (UK); University of Chicago Press (USA); Protea (South Africa)
PUBLICATION DATE: September 2018
ISBN: 978-1-78320-943-9: Intellect (UK & USA); 978-1-4853-0955-0
Black & White Bioscope: Making Movies in Africa 1899 to 1925 (2018)
This book reveals a long-lost treasure trove of silent cinema. At the same time as Hollywood was starting, a film industry in Southern Africa was surging ahead in production, distribution and exhibition.
Films made in African studios and locations brought in experienced technicians and actors from New York and London, as well as employing many Africans—whose talents were remarked upon in overseas reviews.
Nearly sixty movies are reconstructed with illustrations, plot synopses and quotations from reviews—including the precursor of the 1960s movie Zulu, the original King Solomon’s Mines and The Blue Lagoon, with pioneer African film stars A.Z. Goba and Msoga Mwana as the black revolutionary in Prester John.
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