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Annex to COLL00159: Anti-Apartheid and Southern Africa Video Collection Annex to COLL00159: Anti-Apartheid and Southern Africa Video Collection Detailed descriptions of IISG BG V8/001-931 (from NiZA database, compiled by Gertjan Doeleman between 2003 and 2008; partly in Dutch, partly in English) Come back Africa / dir. by Lionel Rogosin. - South Africa, Johannesburg ; USA, New York : Rogosin, 1960. - Video : VHS; 90 min. B/W picture Call number: BG V8/001 Keywords: * South Africa * migrant workers * apartheid system * labour relations * Sophiatown * rural-urban relations * history; 1945-1960 Summary: This classic documentary tells the story of Zachariah, a Zulu man who is driven from his rural home in Zululand to the shantytowns of Johannesburg to find work in the goldmines, and later in a variety of low payed jobs. The film offers a vivid view of the everyday life in Johannesburg's black community, contrasting Zachariah's docile, subservient behaviour on the job and as himself as a quiet, reserved person trying to survive. Using documentary and dramatic sequences, the film is a valuable document of the lives of black intellectuals, writers, journalists, and labourers, with Miriam Makeba making her screen debut in an unforgettable sequence in a shebeen in Sophiatown. No professional actors used. Remarks: Picture quality: notsogood * VZA 001. Also on VZA 075 The magic garden / dir. by Donald Swanson. - UK, London : [s.n.], 1961. - Video : VHS; 62 min. Dutch subtitles Call number: BG V8/002 Keywords: * South Africa * Alexandra * jazz * history; 1945-1960 * feature films (form) Summary: Very funny South African slapstick, filmed in Alexandra, with the use of local inhabitants as amateur actors, and music from the 'Jazz Maniacs' and Dolly Rathebe. Remarks: Picture quality: notsogood * VZA 002 Ninety days / prod. and dir. by Jack Gold. - UK, London : BBC, 1966 [?]. - Video : VHS; 54 min. B/W picture. Call number: BG V8/003 Keywords: * South Africa * First, Ruth (1925-1982) * detention * law and government * feature films (form) Summary: This film is about the arrest and detention of Ruth First, anti-apartheid activist, in 1963, under the General law Amendment Act (ninety-days detention law), that authorises any commissioned officer to detain without a warrant people suspected of political activities and to hold them, without access to a lawyer, for ninety days. In practice, people were often released after ninety days and immediately re-detained for a further ninety-day period. Ruth First is played by Ruth First. Remarks: Picture quality: bad * VZA 003 Last grave at Dimbaza / dir. by Nana Mahomo. - UK, London : Moreno Films, 1973. - Video : VHS; 52 min. Call number: BG V8/004 Keywords: * South Africa * apartheid system * Bantustans * forced removals * working conditions * social and economic rights * social-economic conditions * education * NP * foreign investment * resettlement * families Summary: Classical documentary about the horrors of apartheid, filmed in 2 secret by a PAC film crew that went into exile after finishing the film. It reviews the full range of the racial policy, pass system, military might, segregation and inequality in industry, housing, medical services, education and especially the effects of the system on black family life. Remarks: Picture quality: bad * VZA 004 Six days in Soweto / prod. and dir. by Antony Thomas. - UK, London : IDAF, 1977. - Video : VHS; 50 min. Call number: BG V8/005 Keywords: * South Africa * Soweto uprising (1976-1977) * history; 1970s Summary: The Soweto uprising of June 1976 marked a turning point in South Afrixcan history. This 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 apartheidsystem. The six days are recreated in full, with stories from many of the original participants in the uprisings. The film is not merely a record of rebellion against the violence of apartheid, but an insight into the daily lives and consciousness of the people in Soweto. Remarks: Picture quality: notsogood * VZA 005 The search for Sandra Laing / dir. Antony Thomas. - UK, London : IDAF, 1977. - Video : VHS; 50 min. Call number: BG V8/006 Keywords: * South Africa * apartheid system * ethnic relations Summary: A dark skinned girl is born into a white skinned family in a colour prejudiced society. The child is excluded from the society of her family, and her story reveals the pain and injustice of the apartheid system. Remarks: Picture quality: good * VZA 006 Rythm of resistance / dir. by Chris Austin, Jeremy Marre. - UK, London : Harcourt/Virgin, 1978. - Video : VHS; 47 min. Call number: BG V8/007 Keywords: * South Africa * blacks * music * apartheid system * migrant workers * rural areas Summary: A beautiful portrayal of black culture in apartheid South Africa. Music from single sex hostels (all-night singing/dancing contests), the music in rural areas, township music, the problems for black musicians with a white dominated music industry and radio censorship. The defiant character of black music is emphasized. Remarks: Picture quality: goodenough (bad at the start) * VZA 007 Light in a dark world : the life of Solomon T. Plaatje / prod. and dir. by Kate Turkington. - South Africa, Johannesburg : University of the Witwatersrand Television Unit, 1979. - Video : VHS; 55 min. Call number: BG V8/008 Keywords: * South Africa * Plaatje, Solomon Tshekisho (1876-1932) * ANC * history; 19th century * history; 1900-1914 * history; 1914-1920 * history; 1920-1939 * biographies (form) Summary: Biographical documentary of Solomon T. Plaatje, black journalist, editor, writer, and politician, one of the founders of the ANC. With lots of archival footage, narrated by his grandson. Remarks: Picture quality: notsogood * VZA 008 Wat is apartheid / School TV Weekjournaal. - Nederland, Hilversum : NOS, 1980?. - Video : VHS; 12 min. Call number: BG V8/009 Keywords: * South Africa * Netherlands * educational materials (form) * apartheid system Summary: Uitleg over wat apartheid is n.a.v. het VN sanctiejaar tegen Zuid - 3 Afrika. Met een interview met David de Beer. Remarks: Picture quality: good * VZA 009 Jabula : a band in exile / prod. and dir. by Jan Bernard Bussemaker. - UK, London : Channel Four, 1988. - Video ; 40 min. First released: 1980. Call number: BG V8/010 Keywords: * South Africa * music * exile Summary: A portrait of a band in exile, its music and its members, Julian Bahula, Lucky Ranku, Pinise Saul a.o.. Remarks: Picture quality: goodenough * VZA 010 'Isitwalandwe' : the story of the South African Freedom Charter / dir. by Barry Feinberg ; VNS. - UK, London : IDAF, 1980. - Video : VHS; 51 min. Also on VSA 014 Call number: BG V8/011 Keywords: * South Africa * history; 1945-1960 * Freedom Charter * Treason Trial (1956-1961) * high treason Summary: This film is about the Freedom Charter, a people's blueprint for democracy, that was adopted at the Congress of the people, held on June 25-26, 1955. On the first day the Isitwalandwe awards were given to Yusuf Dadoo, Albert Luthuli, and Trevor Huddleston, for their role in the Anti-apartheid struggle. On June 26 the Freedom Charter was accepted by the 3000 representatives of the people. The film also depicts the apartheid regime's response to the Freedom Charter: the arrest of 156 leaders and the Treason Trial that would take four and a half years and ended in the acquittal of all the accused. The film is a combination of rare archival footage and impassionated interviews with leaders who were there at the time. Remarks: Picture quality: notsogood * VZA 011 Abaphuciwe : the dispossessed / dir. by Gavin Younge, Amanda Younge. - UK, London : Gavin Younge, 1980. - Video : VHS; 40 min. Also on VZA 033 Call number: BG V8/012 Keywords: * South Africa * apartheid system * forced removals * migrant workers * tenant farmers * women workers * wages * resettlement * Crossroads Summary: This documentary shows how large areas of the country where black people live are being forcibly cleared, the inhabitants being moved hundreds of miles into barren reserves. There are interviews with black families in rural areas who are being systematically dispossessed of their land and forced into overcrowded reserves where there are no jobs, no fertile land and high mortality rates. The film explores the plight of the black worker under the apartheidsystem: being payed low wages, having to live as a migrant worker, facing the perpetual threat of removal back to the reserves. The last section focuses on women resisting removal in the squattercamp of Crossroads. Remarks: Picture quality: bad * VZA 012 Il diritta al cappotto : spettacolo sull apartheid. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], 1980?. - Video : VHS; 43 min. Call number: BG V8/013 Keywords: * theatre Summary: Theatre performance by Mathilde Wijnbergh. Remarks: picture quality: bad * VZA 013 Shadowplay / written and dir. by Oliver Stapleton. - UK, London : NFS, 1980. - Video : VHS; 70 min. B/W (green) picture Call number: BG V8/014 Keywords: * South Africa * UK * political refugees * intelligence services * feature films (form) 4 Summary: A kind of experimental paranoia thriller concerning South African exiles in London. Interspersed with fragments from Alan Fugard's stage play "Statements from an arrest under the immorality act". Remarks: Picture quality: bad * VZA 014 Amandla Cultural Group live in Rotterdam 3-12-80. - Nederland, [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1980. - Video : VHS; 60 min. Call number: BG V8/015 Keywords: * Netherlands * South Africa * ANC * performing arts Summary: Registration of an Amandla performance in Rotterdam. Remarks: picture quality: bad * VZA 015 Soweto Dawn / dir. by Mark Lawrie ; prod. by Devereux Harris. - South Africa, Johannesburg : Video Lab, 1980. - Video : VHS; 5+5+10 min. Call number: BG V8/016 Keywords: * South Africa * jazz * music artists Summary: Three times the same videoclip with the music "Soweto Dawn" from Mike Makhalemele, sax player. The second time there is a poem by Zakes MDA shown as english subtitle, the third version is preceded by an interview with Makhalemele. Remarks: Picture quality: goodenough * VZA 016 I talk about me - I'm Africa / Chris Austin ; Arena. - UK, London : BBC, 1980.
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