Abstract
In the light of modern concepts of film historiography, this report comments on the current state of the history of early South African film; it criticizes the 'country of origin' principle and makes a plea for the concept of 'cinema history.' Understood as a transnational history of reception, the concept completes production-dominated film historiography by including distribution and presentation of international films as equal aspects of South African cinema history.
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