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Come back, Africa / written by Lionel Rogosin, with Lewis Nkosi, William Modisane ; Lionel Rogosin Films ; produced and directed by Lionel Rogosin. An American in Sophiatown / produced by Michael Ariel Rogosin ; directed and edited by Lloyd Ross.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 022 417 disc 1-2
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Afrikaans
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Apartheid--South Africa--Drama.
- Apartheid.
- Black people--South Africa--Johannesburg--Social conditions--Drama.
- Black people.
- Zulu (African people)--Drama.
- Zulu (African people).
- Black people in motion pictures.
- South African drama.
- Social conditions.
- Motion picture producers and directors.
- South Africa--Drama.
- South Africa.
- South Africa--Johannesburg.
- United States.
- South Africa--In motion pictures.
- Come back, Africa (Motion picture).
- Sophiatown (Johannesburg, South Africa)--In motion pictures.
- Sophiatown (Johannesburg, South Africa).
- Motion picture producers and directors--South Africa--Diaries.
- Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Diaries.
- Black people--South Africa--Johannesburg--Social conditions.
- Apartheid--South Africa.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Documentary-style films.
- Social problem films.
- Feature films.
- Motion pictures, United States.
- Documentary films.
- Diaries.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (85, 54 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Harrington Park, NJ] : Milestone Film, [2012]
- Language Note:
- In English and Afrikaans with English subtitles (Come back, Africa); chiefly in English (An American in Sophiatown).
- System Details:
- DVD-R, NTSC, Region 1; monaural (Come back, Africa).
- digital
- optical
- mono
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- (Come back, Africa) A documentary-style film which tells the story of Zacariah, a Zulu, who must go to work in the gold mines near Johannesburg after having been forced off his land by the government.
- (An American in Sophiatown) Partly a making-of film about Come back, Africa, and partly a reflection on the changes made (and still to be made) since the creation of the original film.
- Contents:
- [Disc 1] Come back, Africa
- [disc 2] An American in Sophiatown.
- Participant:
- (Come back, Afrika) Miriam Makeba, Vinah Makeba, Zachria Makeba, Molly Parkin.
- Credits:
- (Come back, Africa) Cinematography, Ernest Artaria, Emil Knebel; editor, Carl Lerner.
- (An American in Sophiatown) editor, Lloyd Ross.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of two motion pictures produced in 1959 (Come back, Africa) and 2007 (An American in Sophiatown).
- "Featuring the people of Johannesburg, South Africa."--Opening frames, Come back, Africa.
- Aspect ratio 1.33:1 (both films).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- Contains:
- American in Sophiatown.
- OCLC:
- 790359424
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