| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 90 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences |
| Summary |
Have You Heard From Johannesburg is seven documentary stories chronicling the history of the global anti-apartheid movement that took on South Africa's entrenched apartheid regime and its international supporters who considered South Africa an ally in the Cold War. Long one of South Africa's most important and powerful allies, the United States becomes a key battleground in the anti-apartheid movement as African-Americans lead the charge to change the government's policy toward the apartheid regime. A grassroots movement to get colleges, city councils, and states to divest their holdings in companies doing business in South Africa spreads across the entire nation pressuring the U.S. Congress to finally sanction South Africa. This stunning victory is won against the formidable opposition of President Ronald Reagan. African-Americans significantly alter U.S. foreign policy for the first time in history. European sanctions follow, and with them, the political isolation of the apartheid regime |
| Notes |
Originally released in 2010 as part five of Have You Heard From Johannesburg series |
| Credits |
Cinematographer, Tom Hurwitz; editors, Gregory Scharpen, Jeffrey Stephens |
| Performer |
Narrator: Awele Makeba |
| Notes |
In English |
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Closed-captioned |
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Description based on online resource; title from title screen (Kanopy platform, viewed April 30, 2020) |
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Best Documentary Feature, Pan-African Film Festival, 2010 |
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Best Documentary Series, International Documentary Association, 2010 |
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Best Documentary Feature, Vancouver International Film Festival, 2010 |
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Apartheid -- South Africa -- History
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Anti-apartheid activists -- United States
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Anti-apartheid movements -- South Africa.
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Anti-apartheid activists.
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Anti-apartheid movements.
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Apartheid.
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Diplomatic relations.
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South Africa -- Foreign relations -- United States
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United States -- Foreign relations -- South Africa
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South Africa.
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United States.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Educational films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Documentary films.
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History.
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Documentary films.
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Educational films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Documentaires.
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Films éducatifs.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Field, Connie.
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Chowder, Ken.
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Scharpen, Gregory.
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Makeba, Awele.
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Hurwitz, Tom.
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Clarity Films (Firm)
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Clarity Educational Productions.
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Kanopy (Firm), film distributor.
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