Every European power in Africa made motion pictures for its subjects, but no state invested as heavily in these films, and expected as much from them, as the British colony of Southern Rhodesia. Flickering Shadows is the first book to explore this little-known world of colonial cinema.J.
J. M. Burns is a professor of African history at Clemson University. He is the co-editor of Problems in Modern African Studies, Historical Problems of Imperial Africa, and Problems in African History.
“Burns has assembled an impressive amount of evidence — visual,
written and verbal…This is an informative work which offers a model
for historically informed scholarship on African film.”
*Modern African Studies*
“Deeply researched, well-written, and provocative…It will not only
stimulate debate on African film history but should shape the
parameters of that debate. Although Burns focuses on Zimbabwe, he
has the broad, comparative perspective and grounding in the issues
of film history to make this work important not only to African
historians but to scholars interested in the global impact of film
in relationship to imperialism and colonialism.”
*The International Journal of African Historical Studies*
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