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Sobukwe : a great soul / a Born Free Media production ; a film by Mickey Madoda Dube ; producer, Carolyn Carew ; director/co-editor, Mickey Madoda Dube.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sobukwe, Robert Mangaliso.
- Anti-apartheid activists--South Africa--Biography.
- Anti-apartheid activists.
- Political prisoners--South Africa--Biography.
- Political prisoners.
- Apartheid--South Africa.
- Apartheid.
- Government, Resistance to--South Africa.
- Government, Resistance to.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (104 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- South Africa : Shadow Films, 2012.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- The story of the life of a remarkable man, who helped inspire and liberate a nation. Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe was a leading figure in South Africa's history, and the film by auteur Mickey Madoda Dube breaks the mystifying silence around his extraordinary contribution to shaping not only South Africa but also the thinking across the continent and the diaspora. Robert Sobukwe demonstrated integrity, courage, honesty, humanity and true leadership, qualities that resonate clearly today. Sobukwe's decisive action on 21 March 1960 led to the massacre of Sharpeville, where police fired on unarmed peaceful protesters and shot many of them in the back. Sobukwe gave Pan Africanism new life, paving the way for the emergence of Steve Biko, and the student uprising of 16 June 1976. Sobukwe's iconic status led to a special session of the UN, and he was Prisoner No 1 on Robben Island. The apartheid government passed a special statute, the Sobukwe Clause, to keep his ideas from the rest of the world. Now his voice can be heard - decades after he made his mark as one of the world's greatest liberators and South African leaders.
- Participant:
- Narration, Anthony Bishop.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed February 26, 2018).
- Won 2011 Durban International Film Festival Amnesty International Human Rights Award
- Won 2013 Amnesty International Documentary Award
- Won 2013 SAFTAS Best Editor Documentary Feature
- Won 2013 SAFTAS Best Documentary Feature
- Won 2013 SAFTAS Best Director Documentary Feature
- Won 2013 SAFTAS Best Factual Educational Entertainment Program
- OCLC:
- 1030667801
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