| Description |
vi, 183 p. |
| Note |
Includes filmography. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Cinema/chimera? the re-presencing of Africa in twenty-first-century film / Nigel Eltringham -- "Print the legend": myth and reality in The last King of Scotland / Mark Leopold -- Black Hawk down: recasting U.S. military history at Somali expense / Lidwien Kapteijns -- Pharma in Africa: health, corruption and contemporary Kenya in The constant gardener / Daniel Branch -- War in the city, crime in the country: Blood diamond and the representation of violence in the Sierra Leone War / Danny Hoffman -- Showing what cannot be imagined: Shooting dogs and Hotel Rwanda / Nigel Eltringham -- Torture, betrayal and forgiveness: Red dust and the search for truth in post-apartheid South Africa / Annelies Verdoolaege -- Go Amabokoboko! rugby, race, madiba and the Invictus creation myth of a new South Africa / Derek Charles Catsam. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Europe -- History -- 21st century.
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Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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Africa -- In motion pictures.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Eltringham, Nigel.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781782380733 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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9781782380740 (electronic bk.) |
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