Film Essays

Neani Neto

Mar 16, 201819 min read

Mapantsula (1988) and Happiness is A Four Leter Word (2016) As Examples of National Cinema

1. INTRODUCTION During the official apartheid that began in 1948 it was implied that everything in the nation belonged to the white...

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Neani Neto

Mar 16, 20184 min read

An Attempt At A Normative Theory Of Film

An Attempt at a normative theory of film What is an ideal film, that is an almost impossible task to account for all the different ways...

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Neani Neto

Mar 11, 20185 min read

Bariga Sugar and why more films should be about nothing.

BARIGA SUGAR AND WHY MORE FILMS SHOULD BE ABOUT NOTHING There’s a type of film called a slacker film a film that usually features an...

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