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'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.

Coetzee on Film (2010)
Book Chapter
Dovey, L., & Dovey, T. (2010). Coetzee on Film. In G. Bradshaw, & M. Neill (Eds.), J.M. Coetzee's Austerities (57-78). Ashgate