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Fools (Ramadan Suleman, 1997): or, the importance of being able to tell 'messy' stories at the 'wrong' time (2014)
Book Chapter
Dovey, L. (2014). Fools (Ramadan Suleman, 1997): or, the importance of being able to tell 'messy' stories at the 'wrong' time. In L. Bisschoff, & D. Murphy (Eds.), Africa's Lost Classics: New Histories of African Cinema (107-112). Legenda. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315097534-12

Ramadan Suleman and Bhekizizwe Peterson's film Fools (1997) occupies a vital place in South African and cinema history as the first feature-length fiction film made by black filmmakers in post-apartheid South Africa. However, Fools is far from a dry... Read More about Fools (Ramadan Suleman, 1997): or, the importance of being able to tell 'messy' stories at the 'wrong' time.

Film Africa 2012 (2012)
Exhibition / Performance
Dovey, L. (2012). Film Africa 2012. [Film festival]. 1 November 2012 - 11 November 2012. (Unpublished)

London's only annual African film festival

Film and Postcolonial Writing (2011)
Book Chapter
Dovey, L. (2011). Film and Postcolonial Writing. In A. Quayson (Ed.), The Cambridge History of Postcolonial Literature (1039-1067). Cambridge University Press

'African Jim': sound, politics, and pleasure in early 'black' South African cinema (2010)
Journal Article
Dovey, L., & Impey, A. (2010). 'African Jim': sound, politics, and pleasure in early 'black' South African cinema. Journal of African Cultural Studies, 22(1), 57-73. https://doi.org/10.1080/13696810903488595

This article offers a new take on the film African Jim (popularly known as Jim Comes to Joburg), the first feature-length entertainment film made with a black cast and specifically for black audiences in South Africa (in 1949). In contrast to earlier... Read More about 'African Jim': sound, politics, and pleasure in early 'black' South African cinema.