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Song of Africa
- Title
- Song of Africa / directed by Emil Nofal ; African Film Productions.
- Publication
- Vancouver, B.C. : Villon Films, [between 1990 and 1999]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moving image | Use in library | VC418 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (59 min.) : sound, black and white; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- In this all Black production directed by an Afrikaner a Zulu band leader, Daniel Makiza, returns to his village with a gramophone and musical instruments determined to start a Zulu jazz band. He takes his band to the city where their jazz contest performance constitutes the body of the film. This film, produced at the inception of apartheid, contains many of the cliches and self-delusions that were to make apartheid tenable. The cosmetic world depicted is completely in harmony with Afrikaner Nationalist philosophy, a mass fantasy indulged by thousands of Afrikaners.
- Series Statement
- Best of times, the worst of times
- Uniform Title
- Best of times, the worst of times.
- Subjects
- Blacks > South Africa > Drama
- Zulu (African people) > Drama
- Jazz > Influence
- Music > South Africa > 20th century
- South Africa > Drama
- Feature films
- Jazz > South Africa
- African Americans > Music > Influence
- Blacks in motion pictures
- South Africa > In motion pictures
- Foreign films
- Songs, Zulu
- Motion pictures, South African
- Blacks > South Africa > Music
- South African drama
- Note
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1951.
- "Villon Films presents: South African cinema from the 1950s" -- Container.
- Credits (note)
- Photography, Dave Millen ; music, Charles Berman ; music performed by the African Inkspots and the Black Broadway Boys.
- System Details (note)
- VHS.
- OCLC
- ocm47290475
- SCSB-4842297
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries