Short Films review: After the Wax

Mhando, M. (2001) Short Films review: After the Wax. Senses of Cinema (Australian Cinema) (14).

Abstract

In After the Wax, Chaz Maviyane-Davies mythologises the poetic essence of nationalism. Through the powerful opening and closing image of a dead body, the filmmaker directs us to an examination of the various debates on nationhood. “Should the nation die in order to be re-born?” the filmmaker seems to be asking. After the Wax concentrates on the post-colonial divisions of the coloniser and the colonised while the death of the nation is presented as a metaphor for conditions of re-birth and re-incorporation of the nation. The film ends as it began – with an affirmation of complexity of understanding nationhood in African states.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Murdoch Affiliation(s):	School of Media, Communication and Culture
URI:	http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/11433

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