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"It is deliciously ironic that an institution created to administer an empire through film should become the exemplary case of imperial cinema's dissolution. Tom Rice's account, which has the potential to be a touchstone for institutional and imperial histories, shows us how the British Colonial Film Unit was precisely such an organization."--Priya Jaikumar, author of Where Histories Reside: India as Filmed Space and Cinema at the End of Empire "Brings to light a treasure trove of archival sources and films in a synthetic perspective that clarifies lingering mysteries regarding the…mehr

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"It is deliciously ironic that an institution created to administer an empire through film should become the exemplary case of imperial cinema's dissolution. Tom Rice's account, which has the potential to be a touchstone for institutional and imperial histories, shows us how the British Colonial Film Unit was precisely such an organization."--Priya Jaikumar, author of Where Histories Reside: India as Filmed Space and Cinema at the End of Empire "Brings to light a treasure trove of archival sources and films in a synthetic perspective that clarifies lingering mysteries regarding the organization of the British colonial film units. This remarkable book adds significant complexity to our understanding of government-sponsored documentary cinema."--Peter J. Bloom, author of French Colonial Documentary: Mythologies of Humanitarianism
Autorenporträt
Tom Rice is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of St Andrews. He is the author of White Robes, Silver Screens: Movies and the Making of the Ku Klux Klan.