African Cinema Conference presents... I'd love to see this film - where is it available? Interesting comment about no PAC/Communist Party. I'd be interested to see if there are are White faces mentioned in the Struggle - Helen Suzman, for one, Helen Joseph,Beyers Naude, Joe Slovo and his wives. History gets airbrushed so quickly! JOHNBAD
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > African Cinema Conference presents... > hi > > here's [a] review of Amandla! the documentary film. > let me know what > > you think. > > > There is no doubt Amandla is uptlifting - it shows > where South > > Africans come from, not only as a nation but as a > people.it shows the > > amazing spirit of a nation that was not just going > to lay down and > > die and should definitely be used in history lessons > in the very near > > future.However, i feel that it failed to mention > other organisations > > that were part of the struggle (eg:PAC and the > Communist Party), > > which makes it look a bit like ANC propaganda. > Another flaw is that > > it took too much time with two guys who went to > exile for a short > > period after Mandela was released-there's quite a > few interesting > > people who really felt what exile means who could've > been > > interviewed. The film also kept switching between > the periods/phases > > of the struggle that it got a bit confusing. I know > it took yrs to > > get finance but i feel that Lee should've done recap > i/views with all > > the i/viewees, now (just before the release). For > instnce, I'm sure > > Vusi Mahlasela would have s/thing more than > interesting to say. Even > > Mandela himself would have made a big impact.All in > all, i salute Lee > > Hirsch and all the people who took part in this for, > even though it > > is not a master piece, it is a piece, a part of who > we, as South > > Africans are. Amandla! Ma ibuye iAfrika! - Asania > Aphane; Proudly > > South African > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to > african-cinema-conference as: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, forward this message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Yahoo! Plus - For a better Internet experience http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/yplus/yoffer.html --- You are currently subscribed to african-cinema-conference as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, forward this message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
