Cinéma et racisme: "The gods must be crazy / Les dieux sont tombés sur la tête" en Afrique australe
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 differ...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Gents Afrika Platform, Afrika Brug
1986-01-01
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| Series: | Afrika Focus |
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| Online Access: | http://www.gap.ugent.be/africafocus/pdf/86-2-2-Cantin.pdf |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 0772-084X |