African Cinema Conference presents... Thanks Chris, your comments appreciated and duly noted. One must indeed be careful of generalising and I have no time (NONE) for Mr Ronge and his ilk. But still ... have you been to the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg? How many white folks do you see there? (Maybe a tiny poster of Suzman somewhere, but that's it).
The bottom line is, it matters not who fought the struggle; but that it was fought. During those years we were all together, there was no "racial" divide. It's subsequently that things have become polarised. I take my own experience as a barometer - e.g. at St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town. During all the years, 70's/80's, when the Cathedral was an icon of the struggle, race was never mentioned, never an issue; no one had to be affirmed because (there) everyone was equal. Not quite so non-racial in the 90's! But that's enough for now. Let's take further discussions offline, maybe; don't want to impose on all the subscribers. Stay well. Best regards JOHN PS You mention Max - a worthy fighter indeed, and a friend. How seriously was his role in the Struggle taken at the new SABC? Is he still there?! (Nope). --- Chris Kabwato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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! 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