Table of Contents

1) Introduction
2) The Formative Years of Cinema in Ceylon
3) A Cinema Awakens, 1947 – 1966
4) A Cinema in Transition, 1966 – 1983
5) Sri Lankan Cinema of the War and Post-War Years
6) Case Studies of Sri Lankan Films
7) Conclusion
8) Bibliography
9) Filmography
10) Index

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An overview history of Sri Lankan cinema from a range of perspectives such as distribution, genre, historical, social and political context and geographic influences.

About the Author

Ian Conrich is Fellow in the Centre for Film Studies, at the University of Essex, and Professor in Film and Visual Culture at the University of Derby. He is Principal Editor of the Journal of New Zealand and Pacific Studies, an Editor of the Journal of British Cinema and Television, Associate Editor of Film and Philosophy, and an advisory board member of Studies in Australasian Cinema, and Interactive Media.