Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. About the authors iii
3. Contents v
4. Boxes vii
5. Acknowledgements viii
6. Abbreviations and acronyms x
7. Foreword: Setting the scene xi
8. 1 Writing the Selves 1
9. 2 Film, Pay-TV and the Contradictions of Apartheid, 1985–1990 27
10. 3 Television, Resistance and the Contradictions of Ideology 36
11. 4 The Theory–Practice Interface 66
12. 5 Negotiating the Transition into Democratic South Africa 93
13. 6 New Directions: Getting Things Done 124
14. 7 The Directors on New Directions 158
15. 8 The Post-Democratic Landscape: The Horror 175
16. 9 Psychoanalytic Film Theory, Representing Shadow Selves 191
17. 10 New Horizons 222
18. Postscript 236
19. References 237
20. Richard Green Filmography 255
21. Select Filmography: General 258
22. Indexes 263
23. Film 268
24. Subject 272