The Political Economy of Cinema (video film) in Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorMwakalinga, Mona
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-16T07:37:14Z
dc.date.available2015-12-16T07:37:14Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThis article examines the film industry in Tanzania from the 1960s to 2012 and assesses how government policies, legislations and cultural institutions have been used as mechanisms of cultural control and thus shaped and impacted filmmaking. Through a critical political economy theoretical framework, the article explores succeeding administrations, from President Julius Kambarage Nyerere (1961–1985) to President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (2005–present). It notes that despite the social, cultural, economic, political, and ideological shifts that Tanzania has experienced in moving from socialism to capitalism, each administration, using different mechanisms, has retained a strong hold on the cultural (film) industry. These administrations in advancing their power and legitimacy established cultural institutions and film policies that saw to it that only government- sanctioned images and cultural values were projected to its citizenry. Yet, despite of the government’s strong hold on culture, a private commercial film industry has emerged giving an alternative aspect to cultural products.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMwakalinga. M. The Political Economy of Cinema (Video Film) in Tanzania. African Review Vol. 40. No.1, 2013:203-217en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/141
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAfrican Reviewen_US
dc.subjectCritical Political Economyen_US
dc.subjectVideo Filmen_US
dc.subjectFilm Policiesen_US
dc.titleThe Political Economy of Cinema (video film) in Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Revieweden_US
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