Come Back, Africa.
(eVideo)
Contributors
Rogosin, Lionel, film director.
Modisane, Bloke, actor.
Themba, Can, actor.
Makeba, Miriam, actor.
Kino Lorber (Firm), Distributor
Modisane, Bloke, actor.
Themba, Can, actor.
Makeba, Miriam, actor.
Kino Lorber (Firm), Distributor
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kino Lorber, 1959., Kanopy Streaming, 2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (86 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Format
eVideo
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Title from title frames.
General Note
Film
General Note
In Process Record.
Participants/Performers
Bloke Modisane, Can Themba, Miriam Makeba
Date/Time and Place of Event
Originally produced by Kino Lorber in 1959.
Description
In making this mixture of documentary and drama, director Lionel Rogosin’s aimed to reveal the harsh injustice of apartheid in Sophiatown, a South African ghetto where Black citizens formed their own vibrant community and culture. Rogosin spent a year meeting with locals in order to capture this incredible slice of Africa, with a legacy including famous residents such as Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela, Father Trevor Huddleston, Hugh Masekela, Bloke Modisane, Can Themba and celebrated singer Miriam Makeba. But even as they filmed, Sophiatown was demolished block-by-block and its residents forcibly removed, until the entire town was razed and replaced by a "whites-only" suburb by the end of production. One of the bravest and best of all political films, COME BACK, AFRICA remains a powerful classic for its unflinching glimpse at Black livelihood in the face of incomparable hate.
System Details
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language
In Afrikaans,English
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Rogosin, L., Modisane, B., Themba, C., & Makeba, M. (1959). Come Back, Africa . Kino Lorber.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lionel, Rogosin et al.. 1959. Come Back, Africa. Kino Lorber.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lionel, Rogosin et al.. Come Back, Africa Kino Lorber, 1959.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Rogosin, Lionel,, Bloke Modisane, Can Themba, and Miriam Makeba. Come Back, Africa Kino Lorber, 1959.
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