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Pronounced "bi-scope", this term, deriving from the name of an early motion picture projector, was for long the most common South African term used to refer to "film" or "cinema", both in the sense of the art form and more specifically as a name for the building in which films were shown.


'For a full discussion of the form and its role in South Africa, see the entry on the term Film

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