Dear all, Please join us for the third lecture of our Short Course on South Africa this week. Film scholars Noah Tsika (Media Studies, QC) and Paula Massood (Brooklyn College) will discuss South Africa’s cinematic tradition from the 1950s to the present. Please also announce it to your students - it should be a fascinating lecture! *Starring South Africa: Apartheid and Its Aftermath on the Silver Screen* *Paula Massood* (Brooklyn College) & *Noah Tsika *(Queens College) *Thursday December 11* *4:45pm* *Godwin-Ternbach Museum (405 Klapper Hall)*
From the artistic prohibitions of apartheid to the country’s current role as one of the world’s leading producers of popular media, South Africa has witnessed a range of cinematic practices over the past century. In this presentation, Professor Paula Massood of Brooklyn College and Professor Noah Tsika of Queens College will provide an overview of South African film from the 1950s to the present. With particular attention to the creative contributions of such stars as Miriam Makeba and Hugh Masekela, Professors Massood and Tsika will examine aspects of South Africa’s cinematic imaginary as it has developed against considerable odds. Once isolated from the dominant circuits of commercial cinema, South Africa is now the home of a media conglomerate that broadcasts thousands of films across the African continent, and it serves as a shooting location for an increasing number of international productions.
*Starring South Africa*: http://southafrica.qc.cuny.edu/starring-south-africa Short Course on South Africa: http://southafrica.qc.cuny.edu/south-africa-short-course Year of South Africa: http://southafrica.qc.cuny.edu Apologies for cross-posting! All the best, Larissa Swedell ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Larissa Swedell, Ph.D. Professor, Queens College, City University of New York Doctoral Faculty in Anthropology and Biology, City University of New York Core Faculty, New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology Honorary Research Associate, University of Cape Town http://larissaswedell.org/ http://qc-cuny.academia.edu/LarissaSwedell ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please consider the environment and don't print this e-mail unless you really need to.