Film and Racism: 'The Gods must be crazy' in Eastern Africa
Commentary on the Film "The Gods must be Crazy" This critical comment on the film "The Gods must be Crazy" deals with the controversial reactions it provoked. The Anti-Apartheidlobby has condemned it as implicitely racist but others qualified it as an amusing, entertaining come...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Gents Afrika Platform, Afrika Brug
1986-07-01
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| Series: | Afrika Focus |
| Online Access: | https://ojs.ugent.be/AF/article/view/6615 |
| Summary: | Commentary on the Film "The Gods must be Crazy"
This critical comment on the film "The Gods must be Crazy" deals with the controversial reactions it provoked. The Anti-Apartheidlobby has condemned it as implicitely racist but others qualified it as an amusing, entertaining comedy.
In the first part the authors analyze a number of differing press-comments.
In the second part they try to identify the stereotypes about Black and White.
Finally the authors describe the reactions of some 40 spectators by means of a debate with a preceding description of the South African political context ("contextualization") aiming at orienting the audience towards the thesis of a racist film.
KEYWORDS : film, Southern Africa, apartheid, stereotype |
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| ISSN: | 0772-084X 0772-084X |