Black and White Bioscope recovers a neglected chapter in the
histories of world cinema and Africa. It tells the story of movie
production in Africa that long predated francophone African films
and Nollywood that are the focus of most histories of this
industry. At the same time as Hollywood was starting, a film
industry in Southern Africa was surging ahead in integrating
production, distribution and exhibition. African Film Productions
Limited made silent movies using technical and acting talent from
Britain, the United States and Australia, as well as from Africa.
These included not only the original 'long trek movie' and the
prototype for the movies Zulu and Zulu Dawn but also the first King
Solomon's Mines and the original Blue Lagoon, featuring African
actors such as Goba, Tom Zulu and Msoga Mwana, who starred as the
black revolutionary in Prester John. In this lavishly illustrated
book, fifty movies are reconstructed with graphic photographs and
plot synopses - plus quotations from reviews - so that readers can
rediscover this long-lost treasure trove of silent cinema.
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