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- Title
French Cinema's Other First Wave: Political and Racial Economies of Cinéma colonial, 1918 to 1934.
- Authors
Slavin, David H.
- Abstract
The article gives an account of how French colonial lobby took an early interest in film and grasped its efficacy as a means of stimulating popular support for the Empire in Morocco in early 1920's. Documentary travelogues gave way to narrative film. Documentary made in Africa and fictional films made in North Africa contributed to France's colonial "mythistory," myth and history that combined to construct its cultural identity. The article also discusses the origin of French colonial film. Discussing the political economy of the inter-war world cinema market, it says that in its heyday, the Moroccan film industry of the 1920's complemented the protectorate's role in France's imperial system. The late 1920's ushered in a confusing interregnum for colonial cinema.
- Subjects
FRANCE; MOROCCO; MOTION pictures; MOROCCAN history; COLONIES
- Publication
Cinema Journal, 1997, Vol 37, Issue 1, p23
- ISSN
0009-7101
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/1225688