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'Nagstappie = A walk in the night / a project of California Newsreel ; Interface Productions in association with SABC 1 and the Department of Arts and Culture presents an adaptation of an Alex La Guma short story ; a Mickey Madoda Dube film ; directed by Mickey Madoda Dube ; written by Mickey Madoda Dube, Mandla Langa, Molefi Moleli ; produced by Mickey Madoda Dube, Mandla Langa.
LIBRA DVD 008 301
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Library of African cinema.
- The library of African cinema
- Language:
- Afrikaans
- English
- Subjects (All):
- La Guma, Alex--Film adaptations.
- La Guma, Alex.
- Racism--South Africa--Drama.
- Racism.
- Iron and steel workers--South Africa--Drama.
- Iron and steel workers.
- Social conditions.
- Race relations.
- South Africa--Race relations--Drama.
- South Africa.
- South Africa--Social conditions--1994---Drama.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (78 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Walk in the night
- Place of Publication:
- [San Francisco] : California Newsreel, 1998.
- Language Note:
- In English and Afrikaans with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Recounts a single terrible night during which the fragile world of Mikey Adonis, a young black steel worker in South Africa, disintegrates. As the pressures on Mikey build, we see a decent man driven to an act of brutality by a racist society which humiliates him at every turn.
- Participant:
- Duncan Johnson, Marlon Allenby, Allan Granville.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Andrzej Śla̜zak ; music, Jonathan de Vries ; editor, Stephen Kriel.
- Notes:
- Includes public performance rights for University of Pennsylvania only. Streaming not allowed without a separate license. Resource Sharing not permitted.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 212381503
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