Zonk!
Zonk! is a 1950 South African musical film directed by Hyman Kirstein and produced by African Film Productions.[1][2][3] It features black performers doing American style numbers.[4]
The film shows Broadway's influence.[5] It is one of four films made between 1949 and 1951 documenting original music and performances by Africans.[6] Jacqueline Maingard of the University of Bristol analysed the film in an article titled "Cinematic Images of Black Sexual Identity".[7]
Cast
- Sylvester Phahlane
- Daniel Lekoape
- Fiver Kelly
- Richard Majola
- Hessie Kerry
- Timothy Zwane
- Moffat Tlale
- Laura Gagashane
- Geoffrey Tsebe
- Manhattan Stars
- Zonk Band led by Samuel Maile[8]
References
- ↑ "Song and genocide: Investigating the function of Yvonne Chaka Chaka's Umqombothi in Hotel Rwanda".
- ↑ "Hyman Kirstein – ESAT". esat.sun.ac.za.
- ↑ Maingard, Jacqueline (2003). "Bokkies/Moffies: Cinematic Images of Black Sexual Identity in 'Zonk!' (1950)". Journal of African Cultural Studies. 16 (1): 25–43. doi:10.1080/1369681032000169249. JSTOR 3181383. S2CID 191474513.
- ↑ Zonk. OCLC 868977157.
- ↑ "Southern African Films and Documentaries launches on Africa Commons". 17 May 2023 – via librarytechnology.org.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ "Song and genocide: Investigating the function of Yvonne Chaka Chaka's Umqombothi in Hotel Rwanda". p. 735
- ↑ Maingard, Jacqueline (2003). "Bokkies/Moffies: Cinematic Images of Black Sexual Identity in 'Zonk!' (1950)". Journal of African Cultural Studies. 16 (1): 25–43. doi:10.1080/1369681032000169249. JSTOR 3181383. S2CID 191474513.
- ↑ "South African Musical Film – 'African Jim' (1949) & 'Zonk' (1950)". The New York Public Library.