The Cradock four / Michel Noll presents ; a film by David Forbes ; writer & director, David Forbes ; executive producers, David Forbes & Michel Noll ; a co-production by Shadow Films, Solferino Images and Quartier Latin Media.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Forbes, David (Director), screenwriter, cinematographer, director, editor, producer.
• Noll, Michel, producer.
• Lafuma, Olivier, composer.
• Shadow Films, producer.
• Quartier Latin Media, producer.
• Villon Films, distributor.
• Louis A. Duhring Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Mhlauli, Sicelo, -1985.
• Calata, Fort, -1985.
• Mkonto, Sparrow, -1985.
• Goniwe, Matthew, 1946-1985.
• Political kidnapping--South Africa.
• Assassination--South Africa.
• Anti-apartheid activists--South Africa.
• Assassination.
• Anti-apartheid activists.
• Political kidnapping.
• South Africa--Foreign public opinion.
• Goniwe, Matthew, 1946-1985--Assassination.
• Mkonto, Sparrow, -1985--Assassination.
• Calata, Fort, -1985--Assassination.
• Mhlauli, Sicelo, -1985--Assassination.
• Government, Resistance to--South Africa.
• Government, Resistance to.
• South Africa.

Genre:

• Documentary films.
• Video recordings.

Physical Description:

• 1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
• polychrome

Other Title:

Cradock 4

Place of Publication:

[Vancouver, BC, Canada] : www.villonfilms.com, [2011?]

System Details:

• DVD-R.
• digital
• optical
• video file
• DVD video

Summary:

The "Cradock four" (Matthew Goniwe, Sparrow Mkonto, Fort Calata and Sicelo Mhlauli; three black South African activists and a friend along for the ride) were abducted while travelling from Port Elizabeth to Cradock in 1985. They were tortured, mutilated, murdered and their bodies scattered and burned. All this was done, it was assumed (and proven by later testimony), by 'security forces' acting on the highest authority. Although many such actions took place, the martyrdom of these four men was an important turning point in the struggle for black self-determination, one in which the ruling powers abandoned any pretense of gaining the moral upper hand in the arena of world public opinion.

Credits:

Director of photography, editor, David Forbes; music, Olivier Lafuma.

Notes:

• Videodisc release of the documentary motion picture produced in 2010.
• Aspect ratio 4:3.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis A. Duhring Fund.

OCLC:

768092892

Online:

The Louis A. Duhring Fund Home Page