Tom Rice (film historian)

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
Born
Thomas William Templeman Rice

(1979-10-11) 11 October 1979
NationalityEnglish
Occupation(s)Film studies scholar, film historian, educator, author, researcher
Known forThe 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

Work

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]

Publications

Books
  • Rice, Tom (2015). White Robes, Silver Screens: Movies and the Making of the Ku Klux Klan. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253018434.[11][12][8]
  • Rice, Tom (2019). Films for the Colonies: Cinema and the Preservation of the British Empire. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520300385.[10][13][14][5]

Articles and chapters

References
  1. "Rice, Tom, 1979-". LC Name Authority File (LCNAF). The Library of Congress.
  2. "Chariots of Fire legacy keeps on running in St Andrews". BBC News. 2012-05-30. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  3. Ellis, Emma Grey. "The Alt-Right Hates 'Rogue One,' Because Of Course It Does". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2023-04-06. says Tim Rice, a film studies lecturer at St. Andrews University and author of White Robes...
  4. "Colonial Film: Moving Images of the British Empire - University of St Andrews". risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk.
  5. Burns, James (2021). "Films for the Colonies: Cinema and the Preservation of the British Empire by Tom Rice". JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies. 60 (3): 196–199. doi:10.1353/cj.2021.0037. ISSN 2578-4919. S2CID 236644190.
  6. Nelson, Michael Curtis (January 19, 2016). "Night Riders and Matinee Movies: The Relationship Between the KKK and American Film". PopMatters.
  7. Teague, Matthew (2015-12-26). "Ku Klux Klan's place in history hinges on the power of the spectacle". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  8. Tillet, Salamishah (2018-08-02). "Spike Lee Takes on the Klan". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  9. ""White Robes, Silver Screens" is a 2015 Foreword INDIES Winner". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  10. Bloom, Peter J. (June 13, 2020). "Films for the Colonies: Cinema and the preservation of the British Empire by Tom Rice (review)". Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History. 21 (1). doi:10.1353/cch.2020.0007. S2CID 218953466 – via Project MUSE.
  11. Harcourt, Felix (October 2016). "Harcourt on Rice, 'White Robes, Silver Screens: Movies and the Making of the Ku Klux Klan'". H-Net Reviews. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  12. Frymus, Agata (October 2016). "White robes, silver screens: movies and the making of the Ku Klux Klan". Early Popular Visual Culture. 14 (4): 422–424. doi:10.1080/17460654.2016.1208395. ISSN 1746-0654. S2CID 193659557.
  13. Stamler, Hannah M. (August 2020). "Review: Tom Rice, Films for the Colonies: Cinema and the Preservation of the British Empire". Journal of Visual Culture. 19 (2): 312–315. doi:10.1177/1470412920936574. ISSN 1470-4129. S2CID 221299058.
  14. Barker, Thomas (2021-03-31). "Films for the Colonies: Cinema and the Preservation of the British Empire". Journal of Religion & Film. 25 (1). doi:10.32873/uno.dc.jrf.25.1.005. ISSN 1092-1311. S2CID 238955997.
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