SOUTHERN AFRICA

FILM GUIDE

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Crossroads-South Africa 50 min., Color, 1982 $15-$70 This is a tense drama about the families of Crossroads, an illegal squatters' community like many others in South Africa. The people of Crossroads refuse to submit to South Africa's labor control laws and forced resettlement programs. They are angry but surprisingly confi dent with a palpable belief in the ultimate victory of both their commun ity and the black majority. CA-i; MA-2

You Have Struck a Rock 28 min., Color, 1981 $50 Though black South African women suffer the triple oppression of race, class, and sex, they have not been silent. During the 1950's women took the lead in mobilizing mass opposition to apartheid. This film, illustrated with historical footage and punctuated with South African music, tells the participants' stories. Their lives and this film are a tribute to the remarkable spirit and preseverance of black South African women. CA-I

Abaphuciwe- The Dispossessed 40 min., Color, 1980 $60 Abaphiciwe is a Zulu word meaning "those who have had everything taken away by force." The film demonstrates that apartheid is not merely segregation and discrimination but a rationalized system which aims to create a powerless labor force that will be reduced to accepting work at any wage. New poverty has been created by the removal of people from cities and workable subsistence farms to "homelands" which cannot support them, where they are housed in tin shacks and forced to accept contract labor to survive. One of the film's strengths is its inclusion of footage of the black middle class and "independence ceremonies" for Bophututhatswana, thereby giving a sense of the complex pressures on blacks to escape the hard struggle for genuine independence. But two women at the squatter camp of Crossroads articulate for the majority of blacks their growing understanding of the strength of community solidarity. Their world for themselves and for their audience outside South Africa is simple: Resist! It is this strength one feels at the end of the film. CA-1 Banking on South Africa Slide/cassette show or filmstrip 18 min., Color, 1980 $5 -$63 This slideshow exposes the role banks play in supporting the apar theid system in South Africa. Major United States banks have loaned billions of dollars to the South African government and government-owned industries, as well as to private industries. The slideshow covers the oppressive system of apartheid, the resistance to it, and how people in the US can take action to help end it. MA-1; CA-i; IN-I; CN-1

Generations of Resistance 58 min., Color, 1980 This film begins the enormous task of uncovering the black history of South Africa. Combining interviews and rare historical footage, it is a story of continuing resistance to colonial rule in South Africa, CA-I; MI-1; WA-1; CN-1

Portrait of 17 min., Color, 1980 $30 This biographical sketch describes the forces which shaped Nelson Mandela, the imprisoned head of the African National Congress, and how he in turn helped shape the freedom movement. CA-1

South Africa Belongs to Us 35 min., Color, 1980 (long version, 60 min.) $75 short version, $50 long version An intimate portrait of the lives of five typical women and four women leaders, South Africa Belongs to Us provides the first in-depth look at the singular economic and emotional burden borne by black women in South Africa. Here are women united in oppression. They speak eloquently and at length about their lives, their story enhanced by the narration which puts each woman's situation in context. CA-I; NY-7

South Africa-The Nuclear File 58 min., color, 1979 $100 An important film on a subject of increasing concern in the struggle against apartheid. A thorough report is made on how the United States, almost single-handedly, gave South Africa its nuclear capability. The film has valuable footage of South Africa's actual nuclear facilities at Pelindaba. Among many interviews is one with Donald Sole, a nuclear expert and now South Africa's Ambassador in Washington. Evidence of nuclear testings by South Africa is also thoroughly examined. WA-1

Six Days in Soweto 55 min., Color, 1978 $75 The Soweto rebellion of June 1976 marked a turning point in South African history. This remarkable,, award-winning film looks at the uprising, its causes, and its aftermath. Through interviews and verite footage, the camera provides a unique and intimate look at the dynamics of black family life against the backdrop of the South African apartheid system. The six days are re-created in full, with stories from many of the original participants in the uprisings. The film is not merely a record of rebellions against the violence of apartheid, but an insight into the daily lives and consciousness of the people of Soweto. CA-I; MI-1

The Rising Tide 44 min., Color, 1977 $15-$80 This film on South Africa uses rare historical footage to trace the source of today's events to colonial roots. The film emphasizes the persistent black resistance to each new white incursion, from the for mation of the African National Congress, to the Sharpeville massacre of 1960, culminating in the explosive uprisings of 1976. The importance of the link between the liberation struggles of Zimbabwe, Namibia, and South Africa is shown. Included are commentaries by the late Steve Biko, Sam Nujoma of SWAPO, and Joshua Nkomo, co-leader of the Patriotic Front. Bankrolled by multinational corporations and the powers, the South African regime knows it is fighting for its survival. But as the events of the film make clear, the rising tide of black independence cannot and will not be stopped. CA-l; MA-2; NY-7

There is No Crisis 30 min., Color, 1976 $15 A powerful documentary which features an exclusive interview with Tsietsi Mashinini, a student leader of the Soweto demonstrations in June 1976. The attacks by the armed police against the demonstrators are described by Mashinini and other black leaders. The speakers make it clear that the struggle that began in Soweto has grown into a challenge to the whole system of apartheid. CA-I Last Grave at Dimbaza 58 min., Color, 1974 $15 -$100 This is an excellent introduction to South Africa and its racially based social, political, and economic problems. Shot secretly inside the country, it reviews the full range of the racial policy, pass system, military might, segregation and inequality in industry, housing, medi cal services, education, and especially the effects of the system on black family life. High white standards of living are dramatically pictured. However, very little attention is given to resistance by African liberation movements. CA-I; CA-2; DE-I; IN-I; NY-1; NY-5; NY-6; PA-1; TN-1; WI-1; CN-1

Come Back, Africa 83 min., B & W, 1959 $100 This story of a black family is a composite of events that reflects the barbaric reality of 20th century apartheid society in South Africa. Enacted by Africans whose experiences were in fact not unlike the story's events, it exposes the brutalizing effect of the lives Africans were forced to live in their own country, subject to an official policy of segregation and political and economic discrimination. The film crew worked in secret, disguised as a commercial film unit making a musical, and in constant fear of confiscation and deportation. Tracing the plight of a black man and his family, the film provides a devastating portrait of life under apartheid. NY-7

NAMIBIA

A Cry For Freedom 20 min., Color, 1981 $20-$25 This film describes the plight of the people of Namibia under South African colonial rule. Told through Namibian witnesses, the film under scores the involvement of the churches in Namibia in the independence movement. A brief history of the rule and illegal occupation of the ter ritory by South Africa is woven into the story, and illustrations of Euro pean and North American complicity in the Namibian problem are discussed. CA-3; MN-l; NY-8; OH-l; PA-2; WA-I

Namibia Behind the Lines 30 min., Color, 1981 video, $150 sale only American journalists Stephen Talbot and Robert Manning, with a T.V. camera crew, went to Angola in late September 1981. They were the first US team to visit after the August invasion by the South African Defence Force. They went at the invitation of SWAPO, and their documentary is a portrait of SWAPO in the midst of its war to liberate its country from South African occupation. The film features interviews with SWAPO President Sam Nujoma and other top leaders as well as refugee camps in Angola where over 50, 000 Namibians have fled from the terror in their country. (For sale on video cassette from KQED, 500 8th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, attn: Roxanne Russell; Price, $150)

Free Namibia! 27 min., Color, 1978 $40 Narrated by Ossie Davis, Free Namibia is a current report on the forces vying to shape a settlement in Namibia. Under South African rule, the black population has been relegated to arid "homelands" where they can find neither food nor work. The film captures the rituals and myths of the affluent white settler society. White intransigence has led to widespread support for SWAPO, the South West Africa People's Organ ization. In one unforgettable scene at dusk on a lonely stretch of sand, thousands of Namibians emerge from the surrounding countryside for a SWAPO rally despite the obvious dangers. A woman explains: "We cannot be intimidated any longer; we have decided we are fighting for our freedom." CA-I; MI-1; In-1

Colonialism: A Case Study, Namibia 23 min., Color, 1975 $8-$30 This film reviews the period of German conquest and African resist ance that led to the near elimination of the Herero and Nama peoples. Artful use of old photographs helps tell the story of early German oppres sion. The film explains how Namibia (then South West Africa) became a League of Nations mandate and a United Nations Trust Territory under South African occupation. The latter part of the film deals with the coun try under South African domination and the efforts of the Namibian people to free themselves. CA-l; MI-1

ZIMBABWE

I Can Hear Zimbabwe Calling 50 min., Color, 1981 $80 This film on the independent and majority-ruled Republic of Zimbabwe focuses on the foundations laid during long years of struggle for the building of a new society. Many young Zimbabweans were forced to flee their country during the period of armed struggle against the Ian Smith government. This film is a portrait of a number of these people who fled to Mozambique. As the students and their teachers, all survivors of a long and arduous journey, march across the frontier from Mozambique to their own country, many for the first time in five or six years, we feel with them the warmth, excitement, and energy with which they approach the construction of a new Zimbabwe. NY-7

Good-bye Rhodesia A film completed by Thames Television in the spring of 1979. The film depicts the lack of support among the majority of Zimbabweans for the so-called "internal settlement" solution to majority-rule in Zim babwe. CA-I

Who's Got a Right to Rhodesia? 53 min., Color, 1979 $20-$50 A CBS report on the roots of the war in Zimbabwe. The film exam ines the living conditions of the black majority and the daily escalation of the war and its effects on the nation's economy. MI-1

ANGOLA

A Vittorio E Certa: The Story of Angola Slide/Cassette show or filmstrip 30 min., Color This slide show, which includes music from Angola, covers the his tory of Angola and the liberation movement. Also discussed are the years prior to the 1975-76 "second war of liberation" and the policies of the MPLA. CA-l

Angola: Second War of Liberation 50 min., Color, 1976 $35-$75 Filmed by an Austrian-French crew, this film depicts events from August to November 1975, immediately before independence. This film shows the problems the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola anticipates in building a nation from a land torn by internal strife and imperialism. Little background on Angola's history or the southern African socio-political context is included. CA-l; NY-4

Sambizanga 102 min., Color, 1972 $110 A moving and realistic, though fictional portrayal of the terrors of the secret police, the immorality of servitude, and the struggle for independence in Angola. A woman searches for her missing husband who is taken away, jailed, tortured, and eventually killed by the Por tuguese authorities. With Portuguese dialogue and English subtitles, the film portrays events common to the period before 1961, which led to armed rebellion in the 1960's. Directed by Sarah Maldoror and centered on a wife's search, this film will carry an especially power ful message to groups interested in third world women. NY-3

MOZAMBIQUE

Colonialism Has Fallen 24 min., B & W, 1980 $40 Filmed in a small rural village, Colonialism Has Fallen shows the real impact of illiteracy, political isolation and the oppression of women. It also shows some of the ways in which the people and the government are working to overcome them. Besides scenes of social and political life in the village, and the work of the villagers, the film includes the traditional dances and songs, banned by the Portuguese, which are now being reclaimed by the Mozambican people. NY-7

Bullets Are Beginning To Flower 27 min., Color, 1977 $40 In 1975, after years of fierce guerilla war against the Portuguese colonial regime, the people of Mozambique finally won their independence. This fascinating Dutch film looks at the transformation of the Mozambican school system since independence. In doing so, it provides a unique glimpse of how the new government is actually implementing the building of a new society. The film effectively counters speculation in the Ameri can press that black rule in neighboring Zimbabwe, Namibia, and South Africa will lead to a bloodbath. It provides a vivid example of self-reliant nation-building in Southern Africa. CA-1 O Povo Organizado (The People Organized) 6 min., Color, 1975 $40-$125 A sequel to A Luta Continua, this film deals with events in Mozambique since FRELIMO assumed power after independence in 1975. It presents a brief historical overview of the colonial period and liberation struggle, but focuses on FRELIMO's efforts to deal with internal contradictions inherited from the Portuguese. It describes the difficulties of transforming a revo lutionary movement into an established government.. Sequences show the difficulties encountered in reshaping Mozambique's economic system, and how colonialism and imperialism have affected the everyday working people, MA-2; MI-1

A Luta Continua (The Struggle Continues) 32 min., Color, 1973 $15-$50 A documentary on FRELIMO (Front for the Liberation of Mozambique), filmed inside liberated territory during the war against Portuguese coloni alism. It presents FRELIMO's efforts to initiate social change, including programs to provide educational, medical, and social services to the people of the area under its jurisdiction during the struggle against Portugal. Made by a New York Afro-American film team and directed by Robert van Lierop. MA-2; NY-2; TN-1; CN-1 DISTRIBUTORS

California CA-1 Newsreel Southern Africa Media Center 630 Natoma Street San Francisco, CA 94103 (415) 621-6196

CA-2 Lifelong Learning Extension Media Center University of California 2223 Fulton Street Berkeley, CA 94720 (415) 642-0460

CA-3 Ausburg A-V Department 3224 Beverly Boulevard , CA 90057 (213) 386-3772

Delaware DE-1 Penisula Conference, A-V Dept. United Methodist Church 139 North State Street Dover, DE 19901 (412) 621- 6916

Indiana IN-1 Audio-Visual Library Office of Communications Christian Church 222 South Downey Ave. Indianapolis, IN 42606 (317) 353-1491

Massachusetts MA-1 Packard Manse Media Project Box 450 Stroughton, MA 02072 (617) 344-9634 MA-2 Star Film Library 25 West Street Boston, MA 02111 (617) 426-1912 (limited to community groups in New England area)

Michigan MI-i Michigan Media Center University of Michigan 416 Fourth Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (313) 764-5360

Minnesota MN -1 Augsburg Publishing House 426 S. Fifth Street Minneapolis, MN 55415 (612) 330-3300

New York NY-1 Unifilm 419 Park Avenue South New York, NY (212) 686-9890

NY-2 Mozambique Film Project c/o Robert van Lierop 411 West 148 Street New York, NY 10031

NY-3 New Yorker Films 16 West 61 Street New York, NY 10023 (212) 247-6110

NY-4 Third World Newsreel 160 Fifth Avenue, Room 911 New York, NY 10010 (212) 243-2310

NY-5 United Federation of Teachers Local 2 260 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10010 (212) 777-7500

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NY-7 ICARUS Films 200 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10003 (212) 674-3375

NY-8 DMNA/LCA 231 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016 (212) 696-6841

Ohio OH-I Ausburg A-V Department 57 E. Main Street Columbus, Ohio 43215 (614) 221-7411

Pennsylvania PA-1 American Baptist Churches, USA Film Library Valley Forge, PA 19481 (215) 768-2306

PA-2 Fortress Church Supply Store 2900 Queen Lane Philadelphia, PA 19129 (215) 848-6800

Tennesee TN-1 Ecufilm 810 12th Avenue, South Nashville, TN 37203 (800) 251-4091

Washington WA-I Villon Films P.O. Box 14144 Seattle, WA 98144 (206) 325-8610 Wisconsin WI-1 .. University of Wisconsin Extension Bureau of Audio-Visual Instruction 1327 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706 (608) 257-7178

Canada CN-I The United Church of Canada Division of Communications Department of Media Services 85 St. Clair Avenue, East Toronto, M4T 1M8 (416) 925-5931

on Africa) @The Africa Fund (associated with the American Committee 198 Broadway, New York, NY 10038

the This listing was compiled by Crystal Mapp, an intern with Africa Fund, January 1982.

to groups The Africa Fund offers literature at low cost as a service is "Using Films on and individuals. Of special interest to film viewers Adelman, South Africa: An Activation Kit on Investment" by Larry pub. by the Africa California Newsreel's South Africa Media Center, an Africa Fund lit Fund, 1980, 30pp., $3. 00. To order it or to receive erature list write to: The Africa Fund 198 Broadway, 4th Floor New York, NY 10038 (212) 962-1210

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