Soweto. Streetwise South Africa

Description

During the 1970s, Soweto was the scene of some of South Africa's worst antiapartheid violence. "People were not allowed to be on the streets at night," recalls former journalist Martin Mamlaba. "The army would beat them up..." Reacting to these brutal methods, the township united against the oppression - but now the generation that fought apartheid has been defined by its bloody past, and with no education or formal training, gangs have flourished, law and order has broken down, and enforced segregation has been replaced by voluntary apartheid. This documentary provides an overview of Soweto's battle against apartheid as well as its social aftermath, and the efforts of social workers and clergy to offer the youth of Soweto an alternative to crime.

Runtime

45 min

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Geography

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Date of Publication

[2012], c2004

Database

Films on Demand

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