Ordinary people : the peacekeepers / produced by Harriet Gavshon and Clifford Bestall ; A Mail and Guardian Television Production.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Icarus Films.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peace movements--South Africa.

Peace movements.

Sharpeville Massacre, Sharpeville, South Africa, 1960.

Apartheid.

African National Congress.

Inkatha Freedom Party.

Political participation--South Africa.

Political participation.

South Africa.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming media file (26 min.) : sound, color

polychrome

Other Title:

Peacekeepers

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn, N.Y. : Icarus Films, [1994]

System Details:

System requirements: access to Internet or Intranet ; media player.

Summary:

The premiere episode of the acclaimed Ordinary People series visits two rallies commemorating the 1961 Sharpeville massacre, one staged by the Inkatha Freedom Party, the other by the African National Congress. This inaugural episode visits the 1993 rallies in Vosloorus township commemorating the Sharpeville massacre of 1961. Historically an occasion for demonstrations of unity and resistance to apartheid, this day became more dramatic when separate opposing assemblies were convened by both the Inkatha Freedom Party and the African National Congress. The episode introduces four people at Vosloorus: Gertrude, an Inkatha-supporting Peace monitor; Faith, her ANC counterpart; David, an organizer for the regional peace committee; and Clive, a policeman. As the day progresses, the truce between the warring parties is continually tested, even while all work determinedly to keep at bay the violence that has marked the conflict between these parties.

Publisher Number:

if-opeac Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.