Accessing the archive: A TV history of Afrikaans film. (1st April 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tomaselli, Keyan
• Is Part Of: Journal of African cinemas. Volume 7:Number 1(2015)
• Page Start: 3
• Page End: 14
• Publication Date: 2015-04-01
• Subjects: Motion pictures -- Africa -- Periodicals; Africa -- In motion pictures -- Periodicals; 791.4309605
• DOI: 10.1386/jac.7.1.3_1
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1754-923X

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.