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British film scholar (b. 1979) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thomas William Templeman Rice (born 11 October 1979),[1] is a British film studies scholar, film historian, educator,[2] author, and researcher. He is a senior lecturer on film studies at the University of St Andrews in St Andrews, Scotland.[3] Rice has written numerous articles[4] and two books, one book is about Ku Klux Klan films, and the other book is about the British Empire's Colonial Film Unit.[5]
Tom Rice | |
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Born | Thomas William Templeman Rice 11 October 1979 |
Nationality | English |
Occupation(s) | Film studies scholar, film historian, educator, author, researcher |
Known for | The studies of films made by the Ku Klux Klan, and British Empire's Colonial Film Unit; and the depiction of the far-right in media |
Rice's book White Robes, Silver Screens: Movies and the Making of the Ku Klux Klan (2015) describes the organization's nativist pro-Protestant agenda and its attacks on Jews, Catholics, and "foreign influences" including Charlie Chaplin and his wife Pola Negri. The Klan's development in the 1920s included media campaigns in radio, print, and filmmaking.[6][7] He also discusses the struggles one faces in depicting the Klan (and/or the far right) in media due its regalia.[8][7] In 2015, his book White Robes, Silver Screens was awarded an honorable mention in the Forward Indies in the category of performing arts and music (nonfiction) by the Forward Reviews.[9]
In his book Films for the Colonies: Cinema and the Preservation of the British Empire (2019), he explores the films establishment, their purposes, operations, evolution, and legacy.[10]
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