Film Number

7494

Title

A CELEBRATION OF AFRICAN CULTURE: AZANIA (SOUTH AFRICA): THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES WITH SHIRLEY MASHIANE & MORENA MONERANG

Producer

WFA

Date

1983

Gauge

U-matic LB

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Running Time

53 mins 42 secs

Description

Second session of a 10 week Celebration of African Culture, held at WFA Media and Cultural Centre in Manchester between February and May 1983. Shirley Mashiane from Azania (South Africa) introduces the film 'South Africa Belongs to Us' - a film about women in South Africa, followed by a discussion led by Shirley and a panel of women about the situation of women in South Africa. Discussion and questions from the floor address issues such as what women are doing as part of the struggle, what will be the role of women after liberation, the support of white women's groups, the complexity of the role of the Church, solidarity work of the Women's Section, the nature of the relationship between black and white as one between 'maids' and 'madams', South Africa and Angola. At 40 minutes, Morena Monerang introduces the audience to the poetry of the ghetto using the term 'black' in its political rather than ethnic context. He talks and recites his poetry for approximately 15 minutes.

[Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]