Tamarind - the Ethnic Minority Film and a way beyond

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dc.contributor.advisorMarx, Lesleyen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKoff, Rashidaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-03T12:49:17Z
dc.date.available2014-10-03T12:49:17Z
dc.date.issued2005en_ZA
dc.description.abstractSomeone once told me: ""In order to write well, you have to write what you know"" - this piece of advice seems obvious and simple and yet - as it turned out, it was the most difficult piece of advice to process and follow. The reason: what I know was that I was a young, female, Cape Malay filmmaker. My experiences, has largely taken place within the Cape Malay community. Religious documentaries aside, I had never before seen any representation of myself, or may community on screen. The task I had set myself seemed impossible. I had researched Thirld world theory in cinema and the weight of expectation that I felt afterward seemed a burden too hard to carry. This was not because I was in unchartered territory, but because this path has been walked by many before me: African-American filmmakers; Non-resident Indian filmmakers; Pilipino-American filmmakers; Mexican-American filmmakers; Afro-Brazilian filmmakers; Asian-American filmmakers. The list goes on and on. The one common thread is that these people felt a need to provide another point of view other than the ones seen in mainstream film and television. Their films have been like voices for the token characters that we've seen in countless mainstream films.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationKoff, R. (2005). <i>Tamarind - the Ethnic Minority Film and a way beyond</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8026en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKoff, Rashida. <i>"Tamarind - the Ethnic Minority Film and a way beyond."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8026en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKoff, R. 2005. Tamarind - the Ethnic Minority Film and a way beyond. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Koff, Rashida AB - Someone once told me: ""In order to write well, you have to write what you know"" - this piece of advice seems obvious and simple and yet - as it turned out, it was the most difficult piece of advice to process and follow. The reason: what I know was that I was a young, female, Cape Malay filmmaker. My experiences, has largely taken place within the Cape Malay community. Religious documentaries aside, I had never before seen any representation of myself, or may community on screen. The task I had set myself seemed impossible. I had researched Thirld world theory in cinema and the weight of expectation that I felt afterward seemed a burden too hard to carry. This was not because I was in unchartered territory, but because this path has been walked by many before me: African-American filmmakers; Non-resident Indian filmmakers; Pilipino-American filmmakers; Mexican-American filmmakers; Afro-Brazilian filmmakers; Asian-American filmmakers. The list goes on and on. The one common thread is that these people felt a need to provide another point of view other than the ones seen in mainstream film and television. Their films have been like voices for the token characters that we've seen in countless mainstream films. DA - 2005 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2005 T1 - Tamarind - the Ethnic Minority Film and a way beyond TI - Tamarind - the Ethnic Minority Film and a way beyond UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8026 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8026
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKoff R. Tamarind - the Ethnic Minority Film and a way beyond. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2005 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8026en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Film and Media Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 29-30).en_ZA
dc.titleTamarind - the Ethnic Minority Film and a way beyonden_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMFAen_ZA
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