First Black South African Anti-Apartheid Feature Producer: Max Montocchio Director: Oliver Schmitz Screenwriter: Thomas Mogotlane In English, Zulu, Sotho, and Afrikaans with English subtitles 104 minutes, 1988 Video sale: $195 rental: $95 3/4" (projection cassette) sale: $395 rental: $125 16mm rental only: $175

2 • NEW RELEASE cclaimed at international film festivals and a make this uncompromisingly honest and vibrant anti­ police sweep and thrown into jail with activists con­ hit in English movie houses, Mapantsula will apartheid drama. temptuous of his lifestyle. In Thomas Mogotlane's A provide the high point of any film series. It is dashing performance, Panic is transformed from an ir­ the firstanti-apartheid feature focusing on black South Mapantsula (Zulu for petty criminal) centers on Panic, responsible man into someone compelled to take a Africans. Banned by the South African authorities and a cynical, streetwise hoodlum devoted to living stand against the system. endorsed by the African National Congress, Mapant­ township life to the fullest, wearing flashy clothes, sula has been called the South African The Harder drinking, dancing, and belittling those who work for Filmed in Soweto to the urban beat of "Township Jive," They Come. whites. Panic is a "tsotsi," a rebellious underworld Mapantsula demystifies the day-to-day process by figure popular in black South African fiction. which real people become involved in social change. Unlike previous films on South Africa like Cry It will help students of African Studies, Sociology, Freedom and A World Apart, Mapantsula's central Everyone around Panic is drawn into the growing move­ Political Science and Anthropology begin to experience characters are black and it was made for black South ment: his landlady's son is brutally arrested in a student the daily struggle of living in South Africa through African audiences in the townships. Joint auteurs demonstration; his girl friend , a domestic worker who South African eyes. Thomas Mogotlane and Oliver Schmitz hoodwinked is unjustly fired , fights for her back pay; the township Please note: Mapantsula contains strong language. the South African government into believing they were is in the midst of a bitter rent strike challenging the filming an apolitical gangster movie, but proceeded to authority of the town councillors. Panic is caught in a

' It terrific movie . .. Even more remarkable than Cry " It's about time a feature film has come out that "Instructors willfind Mapantsuia a stimulating basis Freedom and A World Apart. " presents South Africa from a black perspective. for classroom discussion. A dramatic and authentic - Derek Malcolm, The Guardian (UK) Mapantsula does just that and uses a popular film form film of everyday life in Soweto. " and popular culture to make its anti-apartheid message - Dr. Thomas Karis, City University of New York 'It pri vileged view of township life from the inside. " accessible to everybody. " -The Times of London (UK) -Spike Lee " Feels more authentic and less contrived than other "Could have dangerous political effects . . . The film " Mapantsuia seems at first to mirror the American South Africanfiims . .. Fine and caustic, it drives its has the power to incite viewers to violence. The gangster film, the story ofan outsider's individualistic political message home. " effective closing scene communicates a clear defiance ofsociety. But it subverts the genre by show­ -Janet Maslin, The New York Times message: refuse cooperation with the authorities and ing that in South Africa, no one can remain an outsider side with the rebellious elements in black society." " California Newsreel's release of Mapantsuia is an to the struggle against apartheid . .. full of life and in­ -South African Censor Board important event. It shows Americans how each and tegrity. " every black South African is forced to take up the -Jonathan Demme freedom struggle." -Rep. Ronald V. Dellums NEW RELEASE • 3 his troubling Walter Cronkite documentary in­ "The story of South Africa is a tale of two cities, but CHILDREN OF troduces us to a cross-section of South Africa's also a tale of two peoples, of two kinds ofjustice and T youth under the current State of Emergency. most upsetting of all, of two kinds of children . . . Strong stuff, well-reported and well-documented, Roxanne Botha, daughter of president P.w. Botha, lives APARTHEID Children of Apartheid has a power other document­ a life of ignorance and pampered lUXUry just miles from aries on South Africa lack." the demonstrations raging in the townships. For Zinzi Producer: CBS Reports Mandela, life as the daughter of the man who sym­ -Newsday Reporter: Walter Cronkite bolizes the South African freedom movement has "Beneath the surface, Children of Apartheid is a 49 minutes, 1987 meant forced relocation, bitterness, and constant police furious film , one determined to spur the world to ac­ Video only sale: $195 rental: $75 harrassment. tion by the examples it portrays . . . By allowing the young to reveal their attitudes, unencumbered by the Among those we meet is Godfrey Dlomo, 17, jailed four presence of authorities, it has an impressive, times and tortured. Shortly after Children of Apar­ cumulative power. " theid was broadcast Godfrey was picked up again by -Christian Science Monitor police. He was found murdered five days later.

irls Apart is the story of Sylvia and Sisca, two ' It brilliant documentary . .. It humanizes the ra w GIRLS APART 16 year old schoolgirls-one black, one political fact that a white girl and a black girl are set, Gwhite-who inhabit the separate worlds by apartheid, in intractably violent opposition. " prescribed by apartheid. They have never met nor, -The Nation Producer: Chris Sheppard, Claude Sauvageot (UK) under apartheid , are they likely to. 38 minutes, 1987 " Well-edited interviews and documentary footage pre­ Video sale: $195 rental: $60 In their own words, without intervening narration, sent two contrasting scenes of apartheid. ... Recom­ 16mm sale: $550 rental: $65 Sylvia and Sisca take us into their homes and churches, mended for public libraries, junior and college libraries, introduce us to their families and communities, and as a discussion starter for social science classes. " and share their hopes and fears . Sylvia has been - Choice arrested-and tortured-by police and is now a student activist. Siscas's family are lifelong supporters of the government. Girls Apart provides a penetrating sociolog'ical study of how white South Africans' worldview screens them from the realities of the black majority they dominate. 4· YOUTH THE CRY OF REASON

Producer: Robert Bilheimer, Ron Mix Co-producer: Kevin Harris Music: Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand) 56 minutes, 1988 Video sale: $195 rental: $75 16mm sale: $850 rental : $95

his powerful and persuasive Oscar Nominee and others join Naude in this thoughtful yet impas­ ':4 stunning portrait . . . classic in its form and formid­ traces the courageous odyssey of the Rev. C. F. sioned reflection upon the agony of apartheid and share able in its angry intelligence. " T Beyers Naude from pillar of the Afrikaner elite their vision for a future non-racial society. Perhaps -Sheila Benson, Los Angeles Times to staunch supporter of the freedom movement. most importantly, The Cry of Reason will move "Polished and provocative . .. a story of one man's viewers to reflect upon their own response when con­ moral courage in a state where courage is required of Rev. Naude, now 73, was once the youngest member fronted by injustice. ever of the Afrikaner Broederbond. He preached every millions to survive. Appropriate for collections on Sunday to South Africa's most powerful whites. Many South Africa, it will also be well received by general audiences.' , said one day he would be prime minister. Yet he rejected ':4 wonderful child, The Cry ofReason has been born! it all. Forsaking power and privilege, Naude embraced - Archbishop Desmond Tutu -Choice black South Africans and devoted his ministry to en­ "Beyers Naude must be one of the most remarkable ding apartheid's cruel division of humankind. ':4 beautifitlly fashionedfilm . .. Shows the truly inspir­ men alive . .. He is a truly great figure and we should Though jailed, defrocked, harassed, and "banned," ing way how one human can change, despite what be grateful for this film. " Naude has found a purpose, a community and a deep seems like enormous odds . .. I recommend its - Sir Richard Attenborough sense of fulfillment he never thought possible. Arch­ widespread use." bishop Tutu, Dr. Allan Boesak, Rev. Frank Chikane -Harvey Cox, Harvard Divinity School ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE • 5 his intimate film portrait of five typical black "Shows with moving understatement the circumstances SOUTH AFRICA women goes behind the headlines to explain under which black women fight for survival and T apartheid and describe how it impoverishes, freedom . .. Essential viewing." BELONGS TO dehumanizes and ultimately, enslaves. - The Black Scholar Us Martha lives on an arid "reserve" caring for 13 children "Chris Austin's film offers a modern saga of human on the meager earnings sent home by her husband who misery. He allows the facts-and the women-to speak Producer: Gerhard Schmidt works 300 miles away; Carol, a hospital worker, shows for themselves." Director: Chris Austin us the prison-like barracks where she is housed with -The Daily Express (UK) 35 minutes, 1980 4,000 other women; Winnie is a public health nurse "Five brave black women face the cameras illegally to Video sale: $195 rental: $60 from Soweto; Joyce is a live-in domestic tending to the talk oftheir fear and frustration under apartheid . .. It 16mm sale: $550 rental: $60 needs of a white child while her own must be boarded is a damning tale they tell." out with relatives; Muriel is a resident of the -The Daily Mail (UK) Crossroads squatters community. South Africa Belongs to Us remains the clearest introduction to the system of apartheid, and the singular burden it inflicts upon black women.

OU Have Struck a Rock is the ebullient story "One of the most dynamic women's political You HAVE of the women who mobilized mass opposition movements in history is presented with force and clari­ Y to apartheid in the 1950's. When the apartheid ty . .. Its tight editing and remarkable footage ofa little regime attempted to extend the hated pass system to known but momentous era makes "Rock" worth see­ STRUCK A ROCK! women in 1952, opposition erupted thunderously ing repeatedly." across the land. In a massive show of civil disobedience -Black Collegian Producer: Deborah May reminiscent of our own Civil Rights Movement, women 'it triumph! Captures with honesty and artistry the vi­ 28 minutes, 1981 by the thousands refused to accept the passes and sion and vitality ofthose women who have devoted their Video sale: $195 rental: $60 burned them publicly, courting arrest. lives to the fight for freedom and equality." 16mm sale: $550 rental: $60 Lillian Ngoyi, Helen Joseph, Francis Baard and other -Dr. Gwendolyn Carter leaders, now old, tell of their long years of imprison­ ment and how they withstood the imposition of the passes for almost a decade. Their tales, blended with historical footage and punctuated by South African music, are an inspiring tribute to the spirit and perseverance of South African women. 6-WOMEN FREE MANDELA

Producer: International Defence and I Aid Fund Director: Barry Feinberg 40 minutes, 1988 Video only sale: $195 rental: $75

INTERNATIONAL DEFENCE AND AI D FUND

n July 16, 1988 millions joined Hugh Nelson Mandela, the world's most famous political "U0 are not presumptuous enough to feel that music Masekela, Annie Lennox, Peter Gabriel, prisoner has been incarcerated for 27 years. Free can free the world or even South Africa but it will raise O Natalie Cole, Stevie Wonder, Miriam Mandela presents historical background on his im­ consciousness. Makeba, Whoopi Goldberg, Sting, and many more at prisonment and the Rivonia Trial which led to his life -Miriam Makeba a concert in London to celebrate the 70th birthday of sentence. Mandela's former colleagues on the infamous "This event is to celebrate Nelson Mandela 's binhday. Nelson Mandela. The Pretoria government feared this Robben Island talk about the poor conditions, harass­ And we also know that in very little time we'll be event so much that they threatened to further restrict ment and torture but above all the inspiration that celebrating the end of apartheid" BBC activity in South Africa if they broadcast it. Free Mandela was for them. -Stevie Wonder Mandela preserves this historic event, as well as scenes This film can be used to encourage others to join the from simultaneous celebrations from Soweto to New "This kind of event could only take place in the 20th struggle against apartheid-the cause to which Mandela York and Paris to Bombay. Now audiences everywhere century and it's basically an invitation to the South has dedicated his life. have the opportunity to experience it, again and again . African government to join the 20th century by dismantling apartheid." -Sting

NEW RELEASE • 7 he apartheid regime and its sympathizers in this "Incandescent . .. A moving and passionate report SPEAR OF THE country like to portray the African National from the front-line. Look at history, it says, and you will T Congress (ANC) as a shadowy, terrorist organ­ join us. NATION ization. This ambitious documentary traces the 75 year -The Independent (UK) history of the ANC-the first 50 steadfastly non­ violent-to set the record straight. HISTORY OF THE A.N.C. "The revelation in this lucid essay, filmed secretly, is In unusually candid interviews, some shot secretly in­ that the ANC has not always been violent and has in side South Africa, President Oliver Tambo, Albertina fact existed since 1912." Producer: Thames Television (UK), Sisulu, Thabo Mbeki, and Military Chief Joe Slovo -Daily Mail (UK) BELBO Filmproductions, NOVIB (Neth.) discuss the ANC's history, its political and military 50 minutes, 1986 strategy, and its ultimate goals. Spear of the Nation is Video only sale: $195 rental: $75 the best introduction to the organization-called by many a "government -in-waiting" -key to any solution in South Africa.

his classic mm is the definitive history of South "Measured, informative, and revealing . .. a detailed GENERATIONS OF Africa's century-long history of black chronicle of black opposition to apartheid. " T resistance to white rule. It is essential viewing - The New York Times RESISTANCE for understanding today's conflict. The mm begins with Bambata's Rebellion of 1906, and 'ltn exemplary educational film that should be shown moves through the founding of the African National in every school in America." Producer: United Nations Congress in 1912, the dispossession of African lands, -SohoNews Director: Peter Davis the enshrinement of apartheid in 1948, the Pass Laws, 52 minutes, 1980 the Defiance Campaigns, Sharpeville, the building of "Lively and interesting throughout . . . provides a great Video sale: $195 rental: $75 the ANC underground, the Black Consciousness service. Black South Africans have names,faces, and 16mm sale: $850 rental: $85 Movement and the Soweto Uprising. strong organizations- and we've finally got the news." -Cineaste It is an impressive achievement in recovering the sup­ pressed history of a colonized people.

8. HISTORY BIKO: BREAKING THE SILENCE

Producers: 0. Maruma, E. Spicer, R. Wickstead & M. Caplan (Zimbabwe) 52 minutes, 1988 Video only sale: $195 rental: $75 (If this is one of the six titles selected, the South Africa Video Library's price increases to $695) (Released in association with Filmakers' Library)

iko: Breaking the Silence is the first in-depth The film goes behind the scenes at the filming of Cry "For those who want to know the real greatness ofSteve study of the life and thought of one of the tower­ Freedom, where author Donald Woods and director Sir Biko, Biko: Breaking the Silence is the NO B ing figures of the South African liberation Richard Attenborough talk about the meaning of Biko MISS MOVIE." struggle. It is also a cry of outrage for the hundreds of to viewers in the West. Clips from the film dramatize -Rev. Dr. T.S. Farisani, associate of Biko black people who, like Biko, have died at the hands of the major events in Biko's tragically short political , 'In Biko the num emerges from the myth. Ifyou 've seen South African state terrorism. career before he was brutally killed in police detention. the Hollywood version, Biko is a necessary comple­ Interviews with representatives of the African National The film shows how Biko, inspired by the Black Power ment; if you haven't, see Biko." Congress (ANC), the Azanian Peoples Organization and the Black Theology movement in the US, en­ -Julian Bond (AZAPO) and the United Democratic Front (UDF), couraged black South Africans to think ofthemselves testify to the lasting impact of Biko's ideas on the pre­ '11 powerful in-depth documentary ofan extraordinary as a people with a distinct identity and destiny, not just sent generation of militant South African blacks. man and his legacy; highly recommended." the victims of apartheid. - Video Librarian

HISTORY· 9 ozambique: Riding Out the Storm is the We also visit a women's agricultural co-op and a refugee MOZAMBIQUE: first film to give voice to the Mozambicans reconstruction project, both supported by western M themselves who are desperately trying to development agencies. These are small but crucial steps RIDING OUT THE STORM survive perhaps the most brutal war on the planet. in a long journey. Albertino Roda, a young student teacher, leads us Producer: Alter Cine through the destruction-and gives us hope for the Director: Ole Gjerstad & William Turnley future. Albertino has survived five RENAMO guerrilla "Mozambique: Riding Out the Storm is an excellent 29 minutes, 1989 attacks. We join him in his dangerous quest up-country resource for those seeking an understanding of the Video sale: $195 rental: $60 to find his parents, cut off somewhere in the war zone. issues facing war-torn developing nations. " 16mm inquire Traveling by train, truck, and on foot, he meets old -Tom Keehn, Interaction neighbors, teachers, and refugees who guide him-and us-through their ravaged land.

his explosive expose criss-crosses the Front " What South Africa is now trying to achieve by DESTRUCTIVE Line States-Zimababwe, Mozambique, destabilizing Front Line states is to delay that day when T Botswana, Zambia, and Angola-to show how apartheid is no more. " ENGAGEMENT apartheid reaches far beyond South Africa's borders. -Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda, from Destructive Engagement In Mozambique, for example, we see how the South Producer/Director: Toni Strasburg (UK) Africa-backed National Resistance Movement 52 minutes, 1987 (MNR)-a band of mercenaries and forced "Expertly produced, critical in its subject matter, Video only sale: $195 rental: $75 conscripts-has burned crops and villages, and Destructive Engagement is a must see for all those who systematically mutilated their captives. strive to understand the crisis in southern Africa." -Randall Robinson, In Angola, we learn how the South African Defense Executive Director, TransAfrica Force working side by side with the u.S.-supported UNITA rebels have planted mines in the fields; some estimate 20,000 peasants may now be limbless.

How much longer, the film asks, will Western policy 10· FRONT LINE STATES makers cast a blind eye towards the destruction? CHAIN OF TEARS

Producer/Director: Toni Strasburg (UK) 52 minutes, 1989 Video only sale: $195 rental : $75

MOZAMBICAN CHILD'S DRAWING

ften overlooked in discussions of the " low­ for them show us how their behavior, even their art 'its powerful and important a work as we are likely to intensity conflicts" and "brush-fire wars" work, reveals deep psychological scars. see this year. " which rage from Nicaragua to Angola to - The Guardian (UK) O Mozambique's Minister of Education, Graca Machel , Cambodia is the lasting psychologicial damage inflicted tells the camera: "Our challenge is to help these "Forgive me my rave, but I doubt whether 1989 will pro­ upon a whole generation of young people. Chain of children become children, to make them believe again duce any more moving a documentary." Tears is a chilling account ofthe plight of the child vic­ in life." tims of the apartheid regime in Mozambique, Angola, -The Daily Mail (UK) and South Africa itself. Like the BBC's report on the (Film contains graphic scenes of wounded war victims.) "Should be required viewing for every course on Ethiopian famine, it will shock the world with its southern Africa in high schools, colleges and univer­ evidence of a colossal tragedy. ",* were left speechless by this powerful film. " sities . .. guaranteed to have a lasting impact. " -Robert Thompson, -Stephanie Urdang Children grow up knowing nothing but war. In Mozam­ President NGO Committee for UNICEF. bique, one child dies every four minutes. Orphans " ,* can thank this film for so forcefully bringing the describe how anti-goverrunent MNR guerrillas kidnap " . . . poignant and riveting . .. its messages comes to war on children in southern Africa to our attention. It them, force them to witness and take part in brutal at­ us through the experiences of children. A unique will move you to act. ' , tacks on family and friends in villages, health clinics resource. ' , -Willet Weeks, Save the Children Federation and schools. The doctors and social workers who care -Rev. Paul Mayer, National Director, Religious Task Force (Children of War) NEW RELEASE • 11 oza Albert! is the international hit play "Don't miss it. Wow Albert! is a masterpiece. lOu may WOZA ALBERT! written and performed by two black South see nothing quite like it again. ' , W Africans. This extraordinary BBC film -Clive Barnes uses clips from the play to retell its ironic, yet deeply 'ltn ebullient, thoroughly ingratiating tour de force, Producer: David Thompson, BBC (UK) moving story of Jesus Christ's return to the land of minutes, even as it lays bare the racist obscenities ofapanheid." 55 1982 apartheid. It also takes us outside the theater as the two -The New York Times Video sale: $195 rental: $75 actors revisit the labor exchanges, open-air barbers, 16mm sale: $850 rental: $95 street vendors-the daily dramas-which inspired their ' It theatrical masterpiece . .. done with such style. in­ (Released in association with Films, Inc.) work. Perhaps more than any other film , Woza Albert! ventiveness and uniqueness it can only be characterized lets us feel what it's like to be black in South Africa as genius." today. -The Black Scholar Woza Albert! is ideal for general audiences and for discussing apartheid and socially committed literature in English and drama classes.

frican writers from Leopold Senghor to 'ltfascinating exploration ofsouthern African culture AFTER THE HUNGER Chinua Achebe have made significant con­ and history." A tributions to the struggle for African liber­ -Dr. Harold Scheub, University of Wisconsin ation, both under colonialism and after independence. "This film should be required reading in any course on AND DROUGHT In Olley Maruma's intimate and thoughtful document­ African literature and a good complement to many ary, Zimbabwe's leading literary figures such as Dum­ other courses in African studies and Comparative Producer: Olley Maruma (Zimbabwe) budzo Marechera and Stanlake Sarnkange debate the Literature. 54 minutes, 1988 role of the writer in society, the place of tradition in -Dr. Mbye Cham, Howard University Video only sale: $195 rental $75 modern literature, and race, class, and gender in con­ temporary literature. The issues these intellectuals con­ 'It skillfully edited, polished production. Highly front are crucial to any developing society grappling recommended' , with the challenge of nation-building. - Choice

12· CULTURE CHANGING THIS COUNTRY

ProducerlDirector: Peter Entell (for the International Labor Office) 58 minutes, 1988 Video only sale: $195 rental: $75

hanging This Country is the first film to cap­ The film ends with the national convention of the Con­ ':.in exciting film. The strength, problems, and dilem­ ture the strength of South Africa's labor move­ gress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). nas of South Africa's progressive labor movement are C ment. Unions are taking their struggle outside Changing This Country explains why South Africa's laid out for all of us." the factory to join in the broader freedom struggle. trade union movement is perhaps the strongest internal -Dr. Immanuel Wallerstein , force against apartheid today. State University of New York, Binghamton Filmed in the industrial city of Port Elizabeth during the current State of Emergency, this award-winning documentary focuses on the daily lives of four black "Captures the history and resiliency of South Africa's ':.in important new resource. Powerful stories in the shop stewards. The film looks behind the familiar trade union movement bener than any printed material. workers own words of organizing under apartheid." scenes of demonstrations and police brutality to reveal Highly recommended to anyone seeking an understand­ -Jennifer Davis, American Committee on Africa. apartheid as a system designed for the exploitation of ing of our labor movement." black labor. With conviction, the workers talk about -Nomonde Ngubo, International Rep., their struggles on the job and in the community, their United Mine Workers of America. attitudes towards sanctions, and their aspirations for the future.

NEW RELEASE • 13 n 1981, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Botswana, Corridors of Freedom provides a unique inside look CORRIDORS OF Lesotho, Swaziland , Angola, Mozambique, and at emerging regional development strategies which I Zimbabwe initiated the Southern African Develop­ could provide a model for much of the Third World. ment Coordination Conference (SADACC), an in­ FREEDOM novative attempt at regional cooperation to free themselves from South Africa's economic stranglehold "Recommended for use with any audience interested and raise living standards. Producer: Ingrid Sinclair (UK) in how southern Africans are helping themselves. Director: Simon Bright Corridors of Freedom traces the patterns of General enough for the layperson , yet still informative 52 minutes, 1987 dependence and unequal trade back to colonialism. To­ to the specialist. " Video only sale: $195 rental: $75 day, only 6 % of SADCC trade is among member states. -Dr. Carol B. Thompson, The film examines SADCC's attempts to rationalize in­ University of Southern California dustrialization, coordinate marketing, and build a regional infrastructure, especially alternative transpor­ tation corridors to Mozambican and Angolan ports. But South African commandos and mercenaries repeatedly sabotage this work.

amibia: Africa's Last Colony is a cry for film alerts the world to what lies ahead for a nation NAMIBIA: help from a terrorized people. Namibians ravaged by colonialism. themselves take us on ajourney through their N 'It disquieting film which should not be missed. " tortured land in this, the most comprehensive film on AFRICA'S LAST COLONY -The Sunday Times (UK) Namibia available. 'It terrifying, saddening documentary about South We learn how first German, then British, and finally Producer: Paul Hamann and Peter Salmon , African brutality . . . The arguments and statistics are South African occupiers enriched themselves off its BBC (UK) 52 minutes, 1984 clearly presented, while the images make us want to vast mineral resources, while the indigenous people Video only sale: $195 rental: $75 turn away in horror. " were condemned to poverty. Although whites comprise -The Observer (UK) (Released in association wilh Films. Inc.) less than 10% of the population, they own two-thirds of all the land. "The television equivalent of a message in a bot­ tie . .. The compelling vision of a courageous chur­ To maintain their rule, the South African government chwoman ofthe illegal occupation ofher homeland." has relied on a policy of terror. It is hard to forget the -The London Times image of a man roasted alive by police for trying to pre­ vent their rape of his wife. As independence nears, this 14 • FRONT LINE STATES Wo years ago we launched our Southern Africa This year we have added five important new releases SOUTHERN AFRICA Video Library project. Since then many on Southern Africa: Mapantsula, Free Mandela, T schools and libraries have taken this opportun­ Changing This Country, Chain of Tears, and ity to begin building their own video reference collec­ Mozambique: Riding Out the Storm. Libraries and VIDEO LIBRARY tions, a core Southern Africa curriculum-on video. instructors can still choose six titles for $595 from the most up-to-date, comprehensive collection in the Six Titles for A low-cost video library combines the power of film world. with the flexibility of a book. It can be used easily, at any time, in large lectures, discussion sections or as For more information contact us at our new address $595 "reserved books" or "research assignments" for individualized study. California Newsreel 149 Ninth Street 1420 San Francisco, CA 94103 415-621-6196; FAX 415-621-6522

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