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AMANDLA! A REVOLUTION IN FOUR-PART HARMONY
Be transported into the eye of the hurricane with music from the revolution.
Berlin (Hertie)
Wednesday March 12, 2008
Screening begins 19h00
Venue: Hertie School of Governance, room 00.17
USA / 2002 / 103 minutes
Every part of the struggle against Apartheid had its own style of songs to describe and interpret events and the emotions they engendered. Through a chronological history of the South African liberation struggle, this documentary cites examples of the way that music was used in the fight for freedom. Songs united those who were being oppressed and gave those fighting a way to express their plight. The music consoled those incarcerated, and created an effective underground form of communication inside the prisons.
Written and Directed by Lee Hirsch
With appearances from Walter Cronkite, F.W. de Klerk, Abdullah Ibrahim, Jesse Jackson, Duma Ka Ndlovu, Ronnie Kasrils, Sibongile Khumalo, Vusi Mahlasela, Miriam Makeba, Nelson Mandela, Winnie Mandela, Hugh Masekela, Sophie Mgcina, Thandi Modise, Sifiso Ntuli, Sibusiso Nxumalo, Dolly Rathebe, Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, and Lindiwe Zulu.
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