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 ''[[Gee my jou hand]]'' (1963)
-''[[Die reën kom weer]]'' ()
+''[[Die reën kom weer]]'' (1963)
 ''[[Die voortreflike familie Smit]]'' (1965, generally considered the best film made by [[Carfo]]).

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 ''[[Gee my jou hand]]'' (1963)
-'''[[Die reën kom weer]]'' ()
+''[[Die reën kom weer]]'' ()
 ''[[Die voortreflike familie Smit]]'' (1965, generally considered the best film made by [[Carfo]]).

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 Over the period of its existence [[Carfo]] made approximately 40 films in all, fourteen feature films, many filmed versions of literary works, and a number of shorter educational and documentary films. Like the films made by [[Raro]], their work was founded on Christian principles and displayed what Wheeler (1988)[http://hdl.handle.net/11660/2865] typifies as "a Christian local realist tendency" in its themes, form and style.
-They began with semi-documentary films of varying quality, then in 1959 began rpoducing full length fictional films and the quality began to improve. Besides urban screenings, the [[CARFO]] films were taken to the isolated towns of the [[platteland]] (rural areas), where they were shown in church halls and became extremely popular.
+They began with semi-documentary films of varying quality, then in 1959 began rpoducing full length fictional films and the quality began to improve. Besides urban screenings, the [[CARFO]] films were taken to the isolated towns of the platteland (rural areas), where they were shown in church halls and became extremely popular.
 The list of films made and shown includes:

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	[[Philippus Ferdinand Wheeler]]. 1988. ''Lokale realisme in speelprente van [[Raro]] en [[Carfo]]: 'n inhoudsontleding''. Unpublished MA thesis, [[University of the Orange Free State]][http://hdl.handle.net/11660/2865]		[[Philippus Ferdinand Wheeler]]. 1988. ''Lokale realisme in speelprente van [[Raro]] en [[Carfo]]: 'n inhoudsontleding''. Unpublished MA thesis, [[University of the Orange Free State]][http://hdl.handle.net/11660/2865]

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 ==Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance==
-Over the period of its existence [[Carfo]] made approximately 40 films in all, fourteen feature films, many filmed versions of literary works, and a number of shorter educational and documentary films. Like the films made by [[Raro]], their work was founded on Christian principles and displayed what Wheeler (1988)[] typifies as "a Christian local realist tendency" in its themes, form and style.
+Over the period of its existence [[Carfo]] made approximately 40 films in all, fourteen feature films, many filmed versions of literary works, and a number of shorter educational and documentary films. Like the films made by [[Raro]], their work was founded on Christian principles and displayed what Wheeler (1988)[http://hdl.handle.net/11660/2865] typifies as "a Christian local realist tendency" in its themes, form and style.
 They began with semi-documentary films of varying quality, then in 1959 began rpoducing full length fictional films and the quality began to improve. Besides urban screenings, the [[CARFO]] films were taken to the isolated towns of the [[platteland]] (rural areas), where they were shown in church halls and became extremely popular.

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 Over the period of its existence [[Carfo]] made approximately 40 films in all, fourteen feature films, many filmed versions of literary works, and a number of shorter educational and documentary films. Like the films made by [[Raro]], their work was founded on Christian principles and displayed what one author (Wheeler, 1988) typifies as "a Christian local realist tendency"  in its themes, form and style.
-The list of films made includes:
+They began with semi-documentary films of varying quality, then in 1959 began rpoducing full length fictional films and the quality began to improve. Besides urban screenings, the [[CARFO]] films were taken to the isolated towns of the [[platteland]] (rural areas), where they were shown in church halls and became extremely popular.
-[[Carfo]]'s first full-length film was ''[[Ek sal opstaan]]'' (1959), and this was followed by:
+The list of films made and shown includes:
 ''[[Kyk na die sterre]]'' (1960)

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 ''[[Gee my jou hand]]'' (1963)
-Die reen kom weer
+'''[[Die reën kom weer]]'' ()
 ''[[Die voortreflike familie Smit]]'' (1965, generally considered the best film made by [[Carfo]]).
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 ''[[Bennie-Boet]]'' (1967)
-Twee broers ry saam
+''[[Twee broers ry saam]]'' ()
 ''[[Hulda Versteegh, M.D.]]'' (1970)
-K9 Baaspatrolliehond
+''[[K9 Baaspatrolliehond]]'' ()
-Afspraak in die Kalahari
+''[[Afspraak in die Kalahari]]'' ()
 ''[[Vrou uit die nag]]'' (1973)
-Ridder van die grootpad
+''[[Ridder van die grootpad]]'' ()
-Terug na Thaba
+''[[Terug na Thaba]]'' ()
 ''[[Irma]]'' () was the last film [[Carfo]] made.

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 In 1939 a group of Afrikaners organised themselves in what was known as the [[Volksrolprentbond]] (approx. "people's film league") with the aim of combatting the English and Hollywood dominance in film production. This later disbanded and then reappeared in 1940 as the [[Reddingsdaadbond-Amateurrolprentorganisasie]] (approx. "Reddingsdaadbond Amateur Film Organisation") or [[Raro]], with the support of the [[Reddingsdaadbond]].
-Eventually, however, it was a group of [[Afrikaans]] clergymen from the [[Dutch Reformed Church]], and a few former members of the defunct [[Raro]], who founded the [[Christelike Afrikaanse Rolprent en Fotografiese Organisasie]] ([[Carfo]]) in September, 1947, with rev. [[Rudolf Raath]] as the managing director.
+Eventually, however, it was a group of [[Afrikaans]] clergymen from the [[Dutch Reformed Church]], and a few former members of the defunct [[Raro]], who founded the [[Christelike Afrikaanse Rolprent en Fotografiese Organisasie]] ([[Carfo]]) in 1947, registering [[Carfo]] as a non-profit company in September of that year, with the Reverend [[Rudolf Raath]] as managing director.
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	In 1939 a group of Afrikaners organised themselves in what was known as the [[Volksrolprentbond]] (approx. "people's film league") with the aim of combatting the English and Hollywood dominance in film production. This later disbanded and then reappeared in 1940 as the [[Reddingsdaadbond-Amateurrolprentorganisasie]] (approx. "Reddingsdaadbond Amateur Film Organisation") or [[Raro]], with the support of the [[Reddingsdaadbond]].		In 1939 a group of Afrikaners organised themselves in what was known as the [[Volksrolprentbond]] (approx. "people's film league") with the aim of combatting the English and Hollywood dominance in film production. This later disbanded and then reappeared in 1940 as the [[Reddingsdaadbond-Amateurrolprentorganisasie]] (approx. "Reddingsdaadbond Amateur Film Organisation") or [[Raro]], with the support of the [[Reddingsdaadbond]].

−	Eventually, however, it was a group of [[Afrikaans]] clergymen from the [[Dutch Reformed Church]], and a few former members of the defunct [[Raro]], who founded the [[Christelike Afrikaanse Rolprent en Fotografiese Organisasie]] ([[Carfo]]) in 1947.	+	Eventually, however, it was a group of [[Afrikaans]] clergymen from the [[Dutch Reformed Church]], and a few former members of the defunct [[Raro]], who founded the [[Christelike Afrikaanse Rolprent en Fotografiese Organisasie]] ([[Carfo]]) in September, 1947, with rev. [[Rudolf Raath]] as the managing director.