South Africa Belongs to Us
35 minutes, 1980 , South Africa
Producer: Gerhard Schmidt, Director: Chris Austin
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This intimate portrait of five typical black South African women reveals the dehumanizing reality of life under apartheid. The personal stories of a wife left behind in the homelands, a hospital cleaner living in a single-sex hostel, a public health nurse from Soweto, a domestic servant and a leader of a squatters' camp, still provide the best introduction on film to the daily violence wreaked by apartheid on family life and the social fabric. At the same time, these five women's resilience demonstrate the strength which will be able to build a new South Africa.
This intimate portrait of five typical black South African women reveals the dehumanizing reality of life under apartheid. The personal stories of a wife left behind in the homelands, a hospital cleaner living in a single-sex hostel, a public health nurse from Soweto, a domestic servant and a leader of a squatters' camp, still provide the best introduction on film to the daily violence wreaked by apartheid on family life and the social fabric. At the same time, these five women's resilience demonstrate the strength which will be able to build a new South Africa.
A modern saga of human misery. This film allows the facts - and the women - to speak for themselves.
-- The Daily Express
-- The Daily Express
"Five brave women face the cameras illegally to talk of their fear and frustration under apartheid...A damning tale."
-- The Daily Mail
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