Tom Rice (film historian)

Tom Rice
Born	Thomas William Templeman Rice (1979-10-11) 11 October 1979 (age 45)
Nationality	English
Occupation(s)	Film studies scholar, film historian, educator, author, researcher
Known for	The 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

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]

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

• Rice, Tom (2008). "Protecting Protestantism: The Ku Klux Klan vs. The Motion Picture Industry". Film History. 20 (3): 367–380. doi:10.2979/FIL.2008.20.3.367. S2CID   194021803.
• Rice, Tom (December 2008). ""The True Story of the Ku Klux Klan": Defining the Klan through Film". Journal of American Studies . 42 (3). Cambridge University Press: 471–488. doi:10.1017/S0021875808005537. JSTOR   40464311. S2CID   146796962.
• Rice, Tom (2011). "From the Inside: The Colonial Film Unit and the Beginning of the End". In Grieveson, Lee; MacCabe, Colin (eds.). Film and the End of Empire. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 135–153. ISBN   978-1-84457-423-0.
• Rice, Tom (November 28, 2016). "Linking Trump to the Ku Klux Klan risks boosting a rump organisation". The Guardian .
• Rice, Tom (2021). "From the Inside: the Colonial Film Unit and the beginning of the end". Black Camera. 12 (2). Indiana University Press: 107–128. doi:10.2979/blackcamera.12.2.06.

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. hdl: 2027/spo.18261332.0060.315 . 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.

External links

• Profile at Department of Film Studies, University of St Andrews
• Tom Rice publications indexed by Google Scholar