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- 1 2 Tomaselli, Keyan (2013). The Cinema of Apartheid Race and Class in South African Film. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis. p. 194. ISBN 9781317928393 . Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ↑ Popescu, Monica (2010). South African Literature Beyond the Cold War. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 49. ISBN 9781137071859.
- ↑ Botha, Martin (2012). South African cinema: 1896-2010. Bristol: Intellect. ISBN 9781841504582.
