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The Political Economy of Cinema (video film) in Tanzania

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dc.creator Mwakalinga, Mona
dc.date 2015-12-16T07:37:14Z
dc.date 2015-12-16T07:37:14Z
dc.date 2013
dc.date.accessioned 2021-05-03T13:36:17Z
dc.date.available 2021-05-03T13:36:17Z
dc.identifier Mwakalinga. M. The Political Economy of Cinema (Video Film) in Tanzania. African Review Vol. 40. No.1, 2013:203-217
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/141
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/47596
dc.description This 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.
dc.language en
dc.publisher African Review
dc.subject Critical Political Economy
dc.subject Video Film
dc.subject Film Policies
dc.title The Political Economy of Cinema (video film) in Tanzania
dc.type Journal Article, Peer Reviewed


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