Profile: Dr Chris Broodryk

Dr Chris Broodryk
Senior Lecturer, Drama and Film Studies

Dr Broodryk is currently working towards a monograph on South African cinema. His other research interests include the intersections between film and psychology, and film and theology. 

Selected Publications:

Botha, C & Broodryk, C. 2017. A South African Romeo and Juliet: gender identity in Minky Schlesinger’s Gugu and Andile. Shakespeare in Southern Africa, 29: 56–69.

Jacobs, NH, Munro, M & Broodryk, C. 2017. The importance of a green screen acting course within the South African film acting curriculum. South African Theatre Journal, 30(1-3): 1–14.

Broodryk, C. 2017. Documenting Performance: the context and processes of digital curation and archiving. South African Theatre Journal (SATJ). 

Broodryk, C. 2016. Ons sal antwoord op jou roepstem : Steve Hofmeyr and Afrikaner identity in post-apartheid Afrikaans cinema. Communicare: Journal for Communication Sciences in South Africa, 35(1): 59-76.

Broodryk, C. 2016. Jungian reflections on South African cinema: an exploration of cinema and healing. In Exploring the collective unconscious in the age of digital media, edited by SB Schafer. Hershey: IGI Global, p 197-209.

Terblanche, R & Broodryk, C. 2014. From the distributed self to the expanded self: gay identity and shifting subject-object positions in online and offline performance. South African Theatre Journal, 27(1): 42-60.

Broodryk, C. 2013. The cinema of Willie Esterhuizen: the quest for sex and hegemonic masculinity. Image & Text, 22: 3-23.

Broodryk, C. 2013. "Tree Aan!"-seminaar: die spanning tussen feit en interpretasie. Web-seminaar. Litnet. [O]. Available at: http://www.litnet.co.za/Article/die-spanning-tussen-feit-en-interpretasie.  

Jacobs, H., Munro, M & Broodryk, C. 2013. Green screen: the actor’s challenge. DEFSA: Design Educations Conference. Conference proceedings.

Broodryk, C. 2012. Come all ye faithful: gendered redemption in Regardt van den Bergh's Faith Like Potatoes. In Sacred Selves: essays on gender, religion and popular culture, edited by J. Claassens & S. Viljoen. Cape Town: Griffel.