The Unbreakable Promise: South Africa and the First Black Precedents
Wednesday August 19th - 7:30PM
Brecht Forum
451 West Street, New York, NY 10014
Please join us for a preview of the upcoming feature documentary on the shack dwellers movement in Durban, South Africa, DEAR MANDELA, presented by the filmmakers Dara Kell and Christopher Nizza. We will also be joined by very special guests, leaders of the largest movement of poor people in post-apartheid South Africa.
BLACK AUGUST:
--The Life and Death of Steve Biko - World in Action, 1977, 25 minutes
--A Savage War of Peace - Video News Service, 1993, 50 minutes
--Dear Mandela (excerpt) - Dara Kell & Christopher Nizza, 2009, 6 minutes
--Dear Mandela (excerpt) - Dara Kell & Christopher Nizza, 2009, 17 minutes
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 98 minutes | Digital Projection
Discussion with:
--Dara Kell - co-director of Dear Mandela (2010)
--Reverend Mavuso Mbhekiseni - a leader of the Rural Network in South Africa
--Christopher Nizza - co-director of Dear Mandela (2010)
--Mazwi Nzimande - president of Abahlali baseMjondolo Youth League
C0-sponsored by Red Channels
Abahlali baseMjondolo
Brecht Forum
(Network in the UK released a (PAL) 2-DVD set (2005) of twelve "World in Action" programs from 1967-1991.)