The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is:

To Change Reels: Film and Culture in South Africa edited by Isabel Balseiro and Ntongela Masilela.

An impressive collection of essays, this book addresses a broad range of issues and questions about cinema and society. At the same time, it offers an abundance of information and critical perspectives on individual films as well as the complex of political, economic and other institutional factors that have shaped and continue to shape film practises in South Africa. It is a compelling and refreshingly provocative overview and analysis of the history, development and constantly unfolding state of film and film culture in South Africa and its impact on South African experiences.

Access: https://UnivofPretoria.on.worldcat.org/v2/oclc/50844169

This book is available at Special Collections, housed on level 5 of the Merensky 2 Library, and is part of our Africana (ZA) Collection.

The Special Collections unit of the Department of Library Services plays a stewardship role in the acquisition and preservation of the Library's rare and valuable information resources, making them accessible to students, staff and researchers, as well as safeguarding them for future generations.