LAST GRAVE AT DIMBAZA
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Cinema Politica London
Saturday February 16, 2008
Screening begins 14h00
Venue: Landon Library - Wortley Village
South Africa/ USA 1973 55 minutes
One of the first, and certainly the most influential, films about apartheid. A documentary shot by a British team who wanted to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals (not just against them, but the people who helped them). Most of the white South Africans they encountered were persuaded that they were simply making home movies. Consequently, and illegally, they went where camera teams had never penetrated: into the heart of the Bantustan (the tiny waste area designated for black development), the various ghettos, even into the vast houses of the white farmers. The film continually juxtaposes the two communities of South Africa to ghastly effect, and the cold statistics of its commentary are unbearable.
Chris Curling/ Pascoe Macfarlane
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