19 August 2009 - The Unbreakable Promise: South Africa and the First Black Precedents

Wednesday August 19th - 7:30PM
Brecht Forum
451 West Street, New York, NY 10014

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


(Network in the UK released a (PAL) 2-DVD set (2005) of twelve "World in Action" programs from 1967-1991.)