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Film Industry in South Africa

The early Film industry was in the hands of few because  they had resources like cameras,mixers, lights and the studios including the relevant training.They had money.The monopoly took another turn as they had their own agenda. The Blacks were trained by the different  film companies and resulted to the new monopoly as they had their own agenda and auditions were created.There was no formal creative way of selecting the characters. The characters were just told only the best will be taken.Actually,it was according to the taste of those who were auditioning and other "hidden expectations" That's why you see the same people on the screen because they ,"understand" the producers. In the coming blogs,the South African  Film will be explained how does it work including the "Forgotten Provinces".There were Kings and Queens of the industry.The Film Industry was  developed in Johannesburg using mainly characters from Soweto. When I searched,I was told  that So...