Journal article
Short Films review: After the Wax
Senses of Cinema (Australian Cinema), (14)
2001
Abstract
In After the Wax, Chaz Maviyane-Davies mythologises the poetic essence of nationalism. Through the powerful opening and closing image of a dead body, the filmmaker directs us to an examination of the various debates on nationhood. “Should the nation die in order to be re-born?” the filmmaker seems to be asking. After the Wax concentrates on the post-colonial divisions of the coloniser and the colonised while the death of the nation is presented as a metaphor for conditions of re-birth and re-incorporation of the nation. The film ends as it began – with an affirmation of complexity of understanding nationhood in African states.
Details
- Title
- Short Films review: After the Wax
- Authors/Creators
- M. Mhando (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Senses of Cinema (Australian Cinema), (14)
- Identifiers
- 991005544476507891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Media, Communication and Culture
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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