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 Soweto People showed active life from

1.Body movement 

2 Awareness of Cultural activities 

3.Entertainment

4.Creativity

5.Body and Language communication 

6.Career  Orientation 

The other provinces were inactive but Cape Province followed and KZN was the third one.

The University Graduates around Johannesburg 

who enrolled in B.A Theatre and Acting transferred the acting skills to the  townships.

The government of that time did not care about Theatres,Arts and Live Dramas.Only the White Municipality funded their theatres.That was an advantage to the Black communities which told their stories in their own way.

The other regions of the former Transvaal,OFS

Northern Cape were excluded because they did not have any  expertise.They were not even helped.

In the next blogs,I shall deal about how

-the film industry excluded the mentioned Region.

-the present status of Film Industry in South Africa.

-the Funding Model

-the new Grand Apartheid existing in the industry 

-how does the Film industry abuse and misuse the rest of South Africa.

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