Archive Footage catalogued according to Subject / Category
ARCHIVE FOOTAGE
Catalogued according to Subject / Category
Film Titles produced 1979 to 2019
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1] ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU & THE SOUTH AFRICAN COUNCIL OF CHURCHES
i] “This we can do for Justice & for Peace” – [1981 / 1982]:
58 minute feature documentary on the perspectives of Bishop Desmond Tutu, the Rev Peter Storey & the role of the South African Council of Churches in the fight against apartheid in South Africa during the 1980s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmSeywlJ0UQ&t=727s
This film set new precedents regarding censorship of political documentaries in South Africa, having successfully fought on appeal thirteen cuts imposed by the Publications Control Board in 1982. Broadcast by NBC New York under the title, “Land of fear, Land of Courage”,
the film was awarded two Emmy Awards.
ii] “If God be for us …” – [1983]:
40 minutes – looks at the operation of the SACC with regard to home & family life, the plight of “relocated” families, political prisoners & detainees & those banned & banished to the desolate Bantustans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4JVewRfiUY
iii] “No Middle Road to Freedom” – [1984 / 1985]:
Set against the backdrop of the Maseru onslaught by the SADF in December 1982 and the commemoration service held in SOWETO on 16th December 1982 – reflects on the increasing violent tensions and the pattern of “tit-for-tat” violence emerging in South African society.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmUt_PpS-20&t=1602s
iv] “The Struggle from Within” – [1984 / 1985]:
45 minutes – looks at events in South Africa precipitated by the announcement of the Nationalist Government’s intention the implement their “new constitution” & tri-cameral parliament in 1984. Looking at the rise of the UDF in response, the film traces events from the “referendum” of November 1983 to the aftermath of the anti-rent-increase demonstrations in the Black townships of the Vaal Triangle in September & October 1984.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4vkMgS4t1A&t=738s
v] “South Africa Now” – [1986 – 1987]
Episode 2 – June 1986:
The following report:
“Whites Against Apartheid”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pnsbkt6eFRM&t=1137s
vi] “Unfinished Business” – [1999]
the 50 minute feature documentary dealing with “the test of faith” of Joe Seremane & his journey to bring back the physical remains of his younger brother Timothy from exile & uncover the truth surrounding Timothy’s execution by ANC Military Tribunal at Quatro Camp, Angola in 1981.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9HTuLvqUnk&t=751s
[This production has been awarded a “Special Commendation” by the United Nations Media Peace Awards – Television Category – for 1999].
vii] “DESMOND & LEAH TUTU – A Love Divine” – [2006]
Written, directed & photographed by Kevin Harris. A documentary exploration of the life & marriage of Desmond & Leah Tutu and the love that has kept them together for the past fifty-years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFHi6ZhKkBs
viii] A Passionate Appeal by Desmond Tutu – rare public appearance November 2014 – in a call for “the Resurrection of the South African Council of Churches” – [2014]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzP0WupT9n8&t=36s
ix] “REMEMBER KHOTSO HOUSE – ALUTA CONTINUA” – [2018]
– is a compelling 2 x part documentary reflecting on the life’s journey of the South African Council of Churches in its fight against apartheid through the 1980s & 90s – together with Civil Society Organisations such as the United democratic Front [UDF] – with a call for the SACC and Civil Society to once again today become the moral and prophetic voice speaking truth to those in power and holding political leadership accountable to the citizens who vote them into office.
In all this, “Khotso House” – the “house of peace”, enduring headquarters of the SACC, offices of many Civil Society & anti-Apartheid organisations in the 1980s & 1990s – stands as an iconic symbol and reminder of the struggle against the oppression and injustice of the past and the hope of liberation and a better life for all in the future.
a] Part 1 – “The Call”
b] Part 2 – “Deliverance”
2] ROBERT MANGALISO SOBUKWE
i] “Robert Sobukwe – a Tribute to Integrity” – [1997]
the two part 52 minute documentary on the life and times of Robert Sobukwe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoPT5x_q9MY&t=6s
ii] “Remember Africa – remember Sobukwe” – [2011]
In the dawning hours of the 21st of March 1960, Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe left his home in Mofolo, Soweto and began the 5km walk to the Orlando Police Station. In so doing, he was personally putting into action his nation-wide call for a decisive non-violent campaign against the “pass laws”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooKNHUd4xY8&t=4s
3] WINNIE MANDELA
i] The Banishment of Winnie Mandela, 1983 interview Brandfort, Orange Free State – [1983]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXdjOjjGoyQ&t=239s
ii] Soweto … the passion, the pain – [1998] [Interview in the Mandela House Museum – Vilakazi Street]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_60zKZuoHnY
iii] Soweto … no more the ghetto – [1998] [Addressing the Methodist Womens’ meeting on the issue of crime]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apQ9fAoRp0E&t=2866s
4] SOWETO
i] BARA – [1978]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C2I-dxECCg&t=452s
ii] “Robert Sobukwe – a Tribute to Integrity” – [1997]
the two part 52 minute documentary on the life and times of Robert Sobukwe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoPT5x_q9MY&t=6s
iii] Soweto … the passion, the pain – [1998]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wa5jZAvF00&t=1853s
iv] Soweto … no more the ghetto – [1998]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apQ9fAoRp0E&t=2866s
v] “Sandton via Soweto – return” – [2005]
The 54 minute documentary, looking at the phenomenon of township families who, over the past decade, have moved to the Northern Suburbs of Johannesburg – reflecting on how they see their new environment in relation to their township roots. Commissioned by the Goethe Institute. [2005]
5] ROBBEN ISLAND
Johnny & Ellen Mothopeng – journey to Robben Island
to see father Zeph Mothopeng – [1981]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxA7melF4qA
“Journeys to Hell” – Popo Maja Mk Cadre on Robben Island & Sean Callaghan SADF Conscript in the border war – [1995]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj7O93xRg7A&t=1s
“Robert Sobukwe – a Tribute to Integrity” – [1997]
the two part 52 minute documentary on the life and times of Robert Sobukwe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoPT5x_q9MY&t=6s
“Unfinished Business” – [1999]
the 50 minute feature documentary dealing with “the test of faith” of Joe Seremane & his journey to bring back the physical remains of his younger brother Timothy from exile & uncover the truth surrounding Timothy’s execution by ANC Military Tribunal at Quatro Camp, Angola in 1981.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9HTuLvqUnk&t=751s
This production has been awarded a “Special Commendation” by the United Nations Media Peace Awards – Television Category – for 1999.
“Delmas – the passion … the pain” – [2004]
The 52 minute documentary on the so-named “Delmas Treason Trial” – longest running political trial in South African history which took its course from 1985 to 1990. The documentary looks at the people caught up in political events that precipitated the trial and the effects of the trial on the families of activists incarcerated as a result of this final phase of internal resistance to the grand apartheid design.
6] FORT HARE UNIVERSITY
“Robert Sobukwe – a Tribute to Integrity” – [1997]
the two part 52 minute documentary on the life and times of Robert Sobukwe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoPT5x_q9MY&t=6s
“Remember Africa – remember Sobukwe” – [2011]
In the dawning hours of the 21st of March 1960, Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe left his home in Mofolo, Soweto and began the 5km walk to the Orlando Police Station. In so doing, he was personally putting into action his nation-wide call for a decisive non-violent campaign against the “pass laws”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooKNHUd4xY8&t=4s
7] HILLBROW
“This we can do for Justice & for Peace” – [1981 / 1982]
58 minute feature documentary on the perspectives of Bishop Desmond Tutu, the Rev Peter Storey & the role of the South African Council of Churches in the fight against apartheid in South Africa during the 1980s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmSeywlJ0UQ&t=727s
SOMEBODY’S CHILDREN – street-children of Johannesburg & Pretoria – [1995]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK7PVLp5w_A
Save The Children – 1997. Kevin Harris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-eOJvlnoh8
WHAT GOD WANTS ? – salvation for the homeless on the streets of Johannesburg – [1999]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICdpMAKmemM
8] ZIMBABWE
9] NAMIBIA [SWA]
10] SHARPEVILLE
11] PETER MAGUBANE
12] SIBONGILE KHUMALO
13] JIMMY CLIFF
14 THE SOWETO STRING QUARTET
