Acteurs·trices:
Jamie Uys, N!xau, Richard Attenborough, Ross Devenish, Oliver Schmitz, Euzhan Palcy, John Kani, Antony ThomasRésumés(1)
In this documentary Africans talk about the influence of Hollywood in the fifties. American B-movies became their means to escape from the reality in which poverty and the burden of apartheid sometimes made life unbearable. Owing to its enormous persuasive powers, film became an increasingly important weapon in the struggle for and against apartheid, from this period on. Until then, Africans had merely been passive onlookers. But now they too started to participate actively in making films. This development paradoxically coincided with the emergence of white supremacy in South Africa. However, black South Africans had now found a medium to tell the world about the horrors of apartheid: film. They aspired at making films that gave an impression of African life. This desire was brutally ended with the 'Sharpeville Massacre' in 1960. This violent event would usher in a period of political and artistic oppression. (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam)
(plus)Acteurs·trices
Jamie Uys
Afrique du Sud
Meilleurs films :
N!xau
Namibie
Meilleurs films :
Richard Attenborough
Grande-Bretagne
Meilleurs films :
Jurassic Park (1993)
La Grande Évasion (1963)
Hamlet (1996)
Ross Devenish
Afrique du Sud
Oliver Schmitz
Afrique du Sud
Euzhan Palcy
France
John Kani
Afrique du Sud
Meilleurs films :
Captain America : Civil War (2016)
L'Ombre et la proie (1996)
Le Roi Lion (2019)
Antony Thomas
Inde