Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 101 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
Note |
Title from title frames. |
Event |
Originally produced by California Newsreel in 1988. |
Summary |
Mapantsula was the first anti-apartheid feature film by, for and about black South Africans. Filmed inside Soweto, scored to the urban beat of "Township Jive," Mapantsula has been called a South African The Harder They Come. Mapantsula tells the story of Panic, a petty gangster who inevitably becomes caught up in the growing anti-apartheid struggle and has to choose between individual gain and a united stand against the system. Mapantsula will give viewers an insider's tour of township life and a foretaste of the vibrant popular cinema promised by the new, democratic South Africa. "A moral drama in disguise...Our conscience and sense of outrage are ripped open." - Los Angeles Times "It's about time a feature film presents South Africa from a black perspective. Mapantsula does that and much more." - Spike Lee. |
System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Subject |
Anti-apartheid movements -- Africa -- South Africa -- Drama.
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Black people -- Africa -- South Africa -- Johannesburg -- Social conditions.
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Added Author |
Schmitz, Oliver 1960- film director.
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Kanopy (Firm)
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Music No. |
1139707 Kanopy |
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