Output details
35 - Music, Drama, Dance and Performing Arts
Aberystwyth University
Book title
Cleddyf ym mrwydr yr iaith? : Y Bwrdd Ffilmiau Cymraeg
Type
A - Authored book
DOI
-
Publisher of book
University of Wales Press
ISBN of book
9780708325926
Year of publication
2013
URL
-
Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
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Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
This is the first study of the colourful history and controversial films of the Bwrdd Ffilmiau Cymraeg (Welsh Film Board 1971-86) a body established with the sole purpose of producing Welsh language films. It is argued that establishing the Bwrdd was part of the battle to protect the Welsh language, driven by the language’s supporters to ensure its future. With the 1961 and 1971 censuses showing a steady decline in the number of Welsh speakers, and the democratic process proving ineffective, the establishment of the Bwrdd was one pioneering endeavour, among others, to strengthen the language through cultural means.
