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Southern Africa Media Center
Generations of resistance
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5 editions published between 1979 and 1980 in English and held by 145 libraries worldwide Uses archival photographs, newsreel footage, and interviews to chronicle the quest by Black South Africans for economic viability and individual freedom.
The cry of reason Beyers Naudé : an Afrikaner speaks out
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3 editions published between 1987 and 1988 in English and held by 106 libraries worldwide A chronicle of the singular spiritual and political journey of the Rev. C.F. Beyers Naudé, from trusted pastor to the Afrikaner élite, to staunch supporter of the freedom movement. An eloquent and impassioned reflection upon the agony of South Africa.
Witness to apartheid
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6 editions published between 1980 and 1986 in English and held by 88 libraries worldwide Documents terrorism practiced against black children and students by the South African police and army.
Children of apartheid
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1 edition published in 1987 in English and held by 68 libraries worldwide Walter Cronkite hosts this piece on young people in South Africa. Interviews with black and white youth, including Zindzi Mandela and Roxanne Botha, daughters of imprisoned ANC leader Nelson Mandela and President P.W. Botha respectively, highlight the program. A look at the country's troubled present and at those who will shape its future.
Mandela
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3 editions published in 1986 in English and held by 51 libraries worldwide Shows how Winnie Mandela, wife of Nelson Mandela, the symbol of Black South Africa's ongoing struggle to overthrow the tyrannies of apartheid, has become, in her own right, a strong force in the freedom movement. Documentary footage, stills, and narration reveal the cruel realities of life for Blacks in their partitioned country and focus on pivotal civil rights events that have either influenced, or been organized by, the Mandelas.
Corridors of freedom
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1 edition published in 1987 in English and held by 49 libraries worldwide In 1981, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Angola, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe initiated the Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC), a novel attempt at regional cooperation to free themselves from South Africa's stranglehold over the region and raise living standards. But South Africa commandos and mercenaries repeatedly sabotage their work.
The cry of reason Beyers Naudé : an Afrikaner speaks outs
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1 edition published in 1986 in English and held by 15 libraries worldwide
South Africa belongs to us five portraits of women under apartheid
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3 editions published between 1980 and 1981 in English and held by 8 libraries worldwide Portraits of five ordinary black women and interviews with four women leaders including Winnie Mandela. There are scenes from their work and home life in black reserves or in sex-segregated barracks built for migrant workers. The film also depicts the struggle of black women for human dignity in the face of apartheid.
Girls apart
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in English and held by 6 libraries worldwide Compares the lives and opinions of two South African teenage girls from well-to-do families: a black girl from Soweto and a white girl from Johannesburg.
No middle road to freedom
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1 edition published in 1985 in English and held by 4 libraries worldwide In December, 1982 South African commandos attacked the capitol of neighboring Lesotho, killing 42 civilians and ANC exiles. This film is set against the commemoration service the black community held to recognize all those who have fallen in the struggle against apartheid.
The Southern Africa Media Center : a project of California Newsreel 1981-1982
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1 edition published in 1982 in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide
Together/against apartheid : what you can do today to help stop apartheid tomorrow-- : a project of the Southern Africa Media Center
by Southern Africa Media Center
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2 editions published between 1987 and 1989 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Nambia Africa's last colony
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1 edition published in 1984 in English and held by 1 library worldwide Description of exploitation of Namibia by occupying countries while the indigenous people are living in poverty.
Namibia Africa's last colony
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1 edition published in 1984 in English and held by 1 library worldwide Describes social conditions in Namibia, including health, housing and education, for blacks under the system of apartheid imposed by South Africa.
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in English and held by 0 libraries worldwide
Destructive engagement
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1 edition published in 1987 in English and held by 0 libraries worldwide Shows how the civil war in South Africa affects the neighboring countries of Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, in billions of dollars of damage to buildings and in terms of the human pain and suffering of these countries' populations.
Out of despair Ithuseng
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1 edition published in 1985 in English and held by 0 libraries worldwide This video shows activities of Ithuseng (help yourself) Community Health Centre at Lenyenye, Tzaneen, Transvaal. Dr. Mamphele Ramphele narrates the problems of the South African people. The problems include malnutrition and other poverty-related diseases. Ithuseng was built in the spirit of a movement which celebrates the dignity and resistance of the people. more
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Africa, Southern Afrikaners Anti-apartheid movements Apartheid Biography Black nationalism Blacks Blacks--Civil rights Blacks--Economic conditions Blacks--Relocation Blacks--Social conditions Children, Black Civil rights workers Community health services Economic history Film catalogs History Interviews Mandela, Nelson,--1918- Mandela, Winnie Manners and customs Mass media Namibia Naudé, Beyers Police--Complaints against Political and social views Political atrocities Political science Public opinion, American Race relations Race relations--Study and teaching Relations (Canon law) Rural health clinics Rural health services--Utilization Social history South Africa South Africa--Transvaal Southern Africa Media Center United States Violence Women Women, Black--Social conditions Youth--Attitudes Youth--Social conditions
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California Newsreel (Firm). Southern Africa Media Center
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