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In this documentary Africans talk about the influence of Hollywood in the fifties. American B-movies became their means to escape from the reality in which poverty and the burden of apartheid sometimes made life unbearable. Owing to its enormous persuasive powers, film became an increasingly important weapon in the struggle for and against apartheid, from this period on. Until then, Africans had merely been passive onlookers. But now they too started to participate actively in making films. This development paradoxically coincided with the emergence of white supremacy in South Africa. However, black South Africans had now found a medium to tell the world about the horrors of apartheid: film. They aspired at making films that gave an impression of African life. This desire was brutally ended with the 'Sharpeville Massacre' in 1960. This violent event would usher in a period of political and artistic oppression. (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam)
(more)Cast
Jamie Uys
South Africa
Best movies:
The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
N!xau
Namibia
Best movies:
The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
The Gods Must Be Crazy II (1989)
Crazy Hong Kong (1993)
Richard Attenborough
UK
Best movies:
Jurassic Park (1993)
The Great Escape (1963)
Hamlet (1996)
Ross Devenish
South Africa
Oliver Schmitz
South Africa
Euzhan Palcy
France
John Kani
South Africa
Best movies:
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
The Lion King (2019)
Antony Thomas
India