Tom Rice (film historian) explained

Tom Rice
Birth Name:	Thomas William Templeman Rice
Birth Date:	11 October 1979
Nationality:	English
Occupation:	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.

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.^{[5] [6]} He also discusses the struggles one faces in depicting the Klan (and/or the far right) in media due its regalia.^[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.^[8]

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.^[9]

Publications

Books

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

Articles and chapters

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

External links

• Profile at Department of Film Studies, University of St Andrews

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rice, Tom, 1979- . LC Name Authority File (LCNAF) . The Library of Congress.
2. News: 2012-05-30 . Chariots of Fire legacy keeps on running in St Andrews . en-GB . BBC News . 2023-04-06.
3. Ellis . Emma Grey . The Alt-Right Hates 'Rogue One,' Because Of Course It Does . en-US . Wired . 2023-04-06 . 1059-1028 . says Tim Rice, a film studies lecturer at St. Andrews University and author of White Robes....
4. Web site: Colonial Film: Moving Images of the British Empire - University of St Andrews . risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk.
5. Web site: Nelson . Michael Curtis . January 19, 2016 . Night Riders and Matinee Movies: The Relationship Between the KKK and American Film . PopMatters.
6. News: Teague . Matthew . 2015-12-26 . Ku Klux Klan's place in history hinges on the power of the spectacle . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-04-06 . 0261-3077.
7. News: Tillet . Salamishah . 2018-08-02 . Spike Lee Takes on the Klan . en-US . . 2023-04-06 . 0362-4331.
8. Web site: "White Robes, Silver Screens" is a 2015 Foreword INDIES Winner . 2023-04-06 . Foreword Reviews . en.
9. Films for the Colonies: Cinema and the preservation of the British Empire by Tom Rice (review). Peter J.. Bloom. June 13, 2020. Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History. 21. 1. Project MUSE. 10.1353/cch.2020.0007. 218953466 . free.
10. Web site: Harcourt . Felix . October 2016 . Harcourt on Rice, 'White Robes, Silver Screens: Movies and the Making of the Ku Klux Klan' . 2023-04-06 . H-Net Reviews.
11. Frymus . Agata . October 2016 . White robes, silver screens: movies and the making of the Ku Klux Klan . Early Popular Visual Culture . en . 14 . 4 . 422–424 . 10.1080/17460654.2016.1208395 . 193659557 . 1746-0654.
12. Stamler . Hannah M. . August 2020 . Review: Tom Rice, Films for the Colonies: Cinema and the Preservation of the British Empire . Journal of Visual Culture . en . 19 . 2 . 312–315 . 10.1177/1470412920936574 . 221299058 . 1470-4129.
13. Barker . Thomas . 2021-03-31 . Films for the Colonies: Cinema and the Preservation of the British Empire . Journal of Religion & Film . 25 . 1 . 10.32873/uno.dc.jrf.25.1.005 . 238955997 . 1092-1311. free .
14. 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 . en . 60 . 3 . 196–199 . 10.1353/cj.2021.0037 . 236644190 . 2578-4919. 2027/spo.18261332.0060.315 . free .