Chris Broodryk

Biographic Data

ID5679903
NAMEChris Broodryk
GIVEN NAMESChris
FAMILY NAMEBroodryk
SIGNATUREBROODRYK C
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Pretoria
ORCID0000-0002-0760-8663
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR11
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Popular memory of generations of South African theatre, television and film audiences

    Chris BroodrykARTICLEJournal of African Cinemas2026

    South African film scholarship is boosted by an increase in publications that demonstrate scholarly rigour as well as accessibility for popular audiences. One such publication is Richard Green and Keyan Tomaselli’s Richard Green in South African Film (2023), which addresses the generation of theory in praxis and analysis. Another is Ted Botha’s Hollywood on the Veld , about South African film producer I. W. Schlesinger, which offers insights into…

  • Reflecting on Analogue Faces and Digital Masks Through Mission

    Open AccessChris BroodrykARTICLEPersona Studies2024

    This article uses the idea and practice of the mask and masking technology in the popular Mission: Impossible film franchise to critically consider the tensions between digital and analogue. In the Mission: Impossible films, the masks are a core component of the films’ intrigue, and they serve the plot dynamics of each franchise entry while also revealing ever-sophisticated diegetic film technologies that make these silicone-based masks increasin…

  • Richard Green in South African Film

    Open AccessChris BroodrykARTICLETydskrif vir letterkunde2024References: 3

    Tydskrif vir Letterkunde is an online, peer-reviewed, accredited scholarly journal which publishes original, previously unpublished research and overview articles on theoretical, applied or comparative aspects of African literatures and cultural practices

  • New Afrikaans-language cinemas / Nuwe Afrikaanstalige rolprentrigtings

    Open AccessChris BroodrykARTICLETydskrif vir letterkunde2023

    Tydskrif vir Letterkunde is an online, peer-reviewed, accredited scholarly journal which publishes original, previously unpublished research and overview articles on theoretical, applied or comparative aspects of African literatures and cultural practices

  • The post-heroism of Stuur Groete aan Mannetjies Roux and Verraaiers

    Open AccessChris Broodryk, Danielle BritzARTICLETydskrif vir letterkunde2023

    There is much scholarship on the linkages between Afrikaner nationalism and South African (Afrikaans-language) filmmaking. Within the context of a sustained post-apartheid renegotiation of Afrikaans or Afrikaner nationalism in the popular imagination, in this article we argue that two feature film historical dramas from the production company Bosbok Ses Films, Stuur groete aan Mannetjies Roux (2013) and Verraaiers (2013), resonate thematically an…

  • Met Die Oog Op More

    Open AccessChris BroodrykARTICLETydskrif vir letterkunde2022

    Tydskrif vir Letterkunde is an online, peer-reviewed, accredited scholarly journal which publishes original, previously unpublished research and overview articles on theoretical, applied or comparative aspects of African literatures and cultural practices

  • Redemption in the South African West

    Chris Broodryk, Shaun JoyntARTICLECritical Arts2021References: 37

    In the South African Sesotho-language Western Five Fingers for Marseilles (2018), Tau flees his hometown of Marseilles in the aftermath of a violent incident. Returning after apartheid ended, Tau finds his hometown in ruins at the hands of some of the very individuals—his childhood friends—who were supposed to protect it. Tau seeks to save Marseilles from those who corrupt it and seeks redemption for himself and the town in the process. In this a…

  • Documenting performance. The context and processes of digital curation and archiving

    Chris BroodrykARTICLESouth African Theatre Journal2018

    For the South African context and across the global landscape of practice-led research (or practice as research) and the Digital Humanities, Toni Sant's edited volume Documenting Performance: The C

  • A particularly Pretorian political economy

    Chris BroodrykARTICLEJournal of African Cinemas2018

    This article explores the spatial homogeneity of Darrell Roodt’s films Trouvoete (Roodt, 2015) and Mignon ‘Mossie’ Van Wyk (Roodt, 2016). These films conflate representations of safe, suburban city spaces in Johannesburg and Pretoria to create the impression that these city spaces – free from explicit political signification – are visually and ideologically interchangeable. To arrive at this explanation, the article discusses the Centurion-based …

  • The importance of a green screen acting course within the South African film acting curriculum

    Nicolaas H Jacobs, Marth Munro et al.ARTICLESouth African Theatre Journal2017

    South Africa’s film and television industry is an important economic institution and it is crucial to invest in the skill development of the individuals involved in the industry. This investment includes the skills of the South African film actor who, due to the advent of digital visual effects, has to deal with a green screen environment in order to successfully portray a character in the diegetic reality of a film. The green screen limits the a…

  • From the distributed self to the expanded self

    Rian Terblanche, Chris BroodrykARTICLESouth African Theatre Journal2014

    This study investigates identity construction in online (virtual) and offline (visceral) \nspaces. Throughout the emphasis is on gay male identity construction. Specifically, the \narticle explores how performance theory can be used to read persona construction in \nonline webcam environments. The mediatory role of online technologies is considered \nin this regard. In turn, Rian Terblanche’s installation-performance owner’s MANual to \nconSEXtua…