African Cinema Conference presents... hi john, i think you are wrong to think the history of anti-apartheid struggle gets airbrushed. a sizeable corpus of films exists that covers all aspects of the struggle. see for instance david max brown's SECRET SAFARI to appreciate that material does exist that explores/celebrates the role played by white people in and outside south africa.
in other media journalists like max du preez continue to highlight role by afrikaner intellectuals. the reason i am reacting like this is that yours is a standard complaint from film critics such as barry ronge. ronge, for one, always thinks every anti-apartheid film made or in the making has had to be sanctioned by the ANC if not even sponsored by them. you have to read his articles in the SUNDAY TIMES to understand how ridiculous he can be. the telling of a history of a country can be done from various perspectives. the critical issue is that money has to be available to all that want to tell their story not just a select few. thanks - chris kabwato -----Original Message----- From: John Badenhorst [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 31 July 2003 11:09 To: AFRICAN CINEMA Subject: [african-cinema-conference] Re: INFO: Amandla Review 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] --- You are currently subscribed to african-cinema-conference as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, forward this message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
