In 1948, South Africa institutes apartheid, a system of segregation that infiltrates every aspect of life. The Sharpeville Massacre shocks the world, and Nelson Mandela and other leaders of the African National Congress (ANC) are jailed. Hundreds escape into exile.

The dramatic tale of how the anti-apartheid struggle grew from a handful of South African exiles in the ‘60s into a global movement.

by Connie Field, Usa, 2009

Featuring (seven films) :

Story One: Road To Resistance [1948 - 1964], (58 mins)
www.clarityfilms.org/joburg/story1.html

Story Two: Hell Of A Job [1960 - 1977], (58 mins)
www.clarityfilms.org/joburg/story2.html

Story Three: The New Generation [1960 - 1977], (58 mins)
www.clarityfilms.org/joburg/story2.html

Story Four: Fair Play [1958 - 1981], (90 mins)
www.clarityfilms.org/joburg/story3.html

Story Five: From Selma To Soweto [1977 - 1986], (89 mins)
www.clarityfilms.org/joburg/story4.html

Story Six: The Bottom Line [1965 - 1988], (86 mins)
www.clarityfilms.org/joburg/story5.html

Story Seven: Free At Last [1979 - 1990], (75 mins)
www.clarityfilms.org/joburg/story6.html

HAVE YOU HEARD FROM JOHANNESBURG is a powerful seven-part documentary series by two-time Academy Award nominee Connie Field that shines light on the global citizens movements that took on South Africa's apartheid regime. It reveals how everyday people helped challenge and end one of the greatest injustices the world has ever known.
HAVE YOU HEARD FROM JOHANNESBURG begins with the story of freedom fighters in South Africa who are systemically killed, jailed or exiled for resisting their political oppression. Embattled South Africans call on the global community to take action, laying the groundwork for a decades-long international campaign. People around the world take up the anti-apartheid cause, challenging their governments, powerful corporations and other institutions to face up to the immorality of their collaboration with apartheid. HAVE YOU HEARD FROM JOHANNESBURG follows three generations of the struggle inside South Africa and battles waged in sports arenas and cathedrals, in embassies and corporate boardrooms, at rock concerts and in gas stations around the globe. Pulling together the many threads of international anti-apartheid action for the first time in any medium, HAVE YOU HEARD FROM JOHANNESBURG is an inspiring example for citizens and movements around the world.

One of the greatest weapons in the struggle against apartheid was the international sports boycott. Featuring a youthful Dennis Brutus at his brilliant best, Sam Ramsamy, Peter Hain, sports personalities and administrators, this meticulously researched documentary, with rare footage and revealing back story, unpacks the process of how the boycott took shape and effect. Step by difficult step, a dedicated and growing group of activists orchestrated the isolation of South Africa from the sports arenas, culminating in South Africa's exclusion first from the Olympics, and then, finally, where it hurt most, from international rugby.

Producer/Director: CONNIE FIELD

Series Editor: GREGORY SCHARPEN
Principal Cinematography: TOM HURWITZ
Principal Historical Consultants: DR. GAIL GERHART, DR. ROBERT EDGAR, DR. CLAYBORNE CARSON, E.S. REDDY

Principal Funders: THE FORD FOUNDATION, THE JOHN D. AND CATHERINE T. MACARTHUR FOUNDATION, THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES


For more information about the series, visit http://www.clarityfilms.org. To get involved in the global engagement campaign around the series, please visit http://activevoice.net/haveyouheard.html.

Tags :
anti-apartheid movement apartheid South Africa social justice human rights racism documentary Oliver Tambo Nelson Mandela history

Associate Producer
Sage Brucia

Series Editor
Gregory Scharpen

Produced & Directed by
Connie Field

Editors
Ken Schneider
Dawn Logsdon

Contributing Editors
Michael Chandler
Jean-Philippe Boucicaut

Writers
Jon Else
Connie Field
Gregory Scharpen

Composer
Marco D'Ambrosio

Associate Producer
Carla Healy-London

Narrator
Mmaboshadi M. Chauke

Principal Cinematography
Tom Hurwitz
David Forbes

Camera
Joan Churchill
Ian Watts
Nancy Schrieber

Sound
Troy Matthews
Dave Williams
Paul Bateman
Harold Jalvin
Fokke Saane
Tony Bensusan
Will Sternberg

Production Coordinators
Diana Hyslop
Ingrid Gavshon
Mariet Bakker
Maarten Rens
Moza Cooper

Grips/Gaffers
Trevor Venter
Peter Ledwaba
Ned Hallick
Keith Rodgerson
Stefan Bijnen
Mark Huisman
Christian Magis

Research
Gail Behrmann
Denis Herbstein
James Saunders
Mariet Bakker
Nhlanhla Mthethwa
Rogier Smeele
Richard Hengeveld

Archival Research and Rights
Lynn Adler
Sage Brucia

Post Production Sound
James LeBrecht

Post Production Facility
Berkeley Sound Artists

On-Line Editors
Ed Rudolph
Loren Sorensen
Jim McSilver

Archival Footage Courtesy of
ABC News Videosource
AP Archives
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
BBC Worldwide Americas
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CBS News Archives
Civilization On Trial
Corbis Motion
F.I.L.M. Archives
GCIS
Getty Images
Granada Television
Globalvision
ITN Source
Kelly Candaele
Mr. Footage
Moreno Films
NARA
National Film Archive, South Africa
Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid
Michael Scott
Smithsonian Institution
SVT
Thought Equity
Video Tape Library
WPA Film Library

Last Grave at Zimbaza directed by Nana Mahomo

On The Bowery by Lionel Rogosin © Rogosin Heritage Inc.
Worldwide Distribution by Cineteca del Comune di Bologna

Photographs Courtesy of
Abbas/Magnum Photos
Africa Groups of Sweden
Africa Media Online
American Committee On Africa
AAM Archives Committee
Bailey's African History Archive
Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and
African Studies at Rhodes House
Conny Braam
Amina Cachalia
Corbis
Dr. Lancelot Gama
Getty Images
George Houser
IDAF
Illustrated London News Picture Library
The Image Works
Kamerareportage
Peter Magubane
Nederlands Instituut Zuid Afrika
Nelson Mandela Foundation
Nordic Africa Institute
Panorama Magazine
ES Reddy
Jürgen Schadeberg
Tambo Family
The UWC-Robben Island Mayibuye Archives
United Nations
University of Dundee
University of the Witswatersrand Library,
Department of Historical Papers, Johannesburg, South Africa
WCC Photo
Eli Weinberg

Music

"Johannesburg"
Written and Performed by Gil Scott-Heron
Courtesy of Gil Scott-Heron

"The Angela Carter Museum"
Written and Performed by Thomas Carnacki
Courtesy Alethiometer Records

"Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika (God Bless Africa)"
Written by G. Beggs, S. Khemese, R. Khemese,
T. Khemese, M. Mnguni, and S. Mankayi
Performed by Congregation, St. Paul's Church, Soweto
Courtesy of Rounder Records

"Tetrishead" and "Fern"
Written and Performed by Zoë Keating
© 020202 Music, 2005 (ASCAP)

"Nelson Mandela"
Written by T. Mawelela
Performed by African Spear and ANC Choir
Courtesy of Music Team

"Den Blå Slåtten/Ormslå"
Written by Henrik Cederblom
Performed by Den Fule
Courtesy of Northside Records

"Yenzek' Indaba' Enkule"
Written by Nomsa Hadebe
Performed by Yenzek' Indaba' Enkule
Courtesy of Arc Record

"Ndodemny Ama (Beware,Verwoerd!)"
Written and Performed by Miriam Makeba
Courtesy of Jive Records/Novus
By Arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment

"Sikalela Izwe Mnvandu"
Written by Stephan Unlig
Performed by Brener Chor, Die Zeitgenossen and James Madlope Phillips
Courtesy of Plåne Records

"Dlamini"
Written and Performed by Noise Khanyile
Courtesy of Arc Records

"Helluva Job"
Composed by Todd Boekelheide
Published by ToBo Music (ASCAP)

"Jim Takata Kanjani"
Traditonal
Performed by Bantu Glee Singers
Courtesy of Rounder Records

"Transkei"
Written and Performed by Cedric Gradus Samson
Courtesy Cedric Gradus Samson

"Sri"
Traditional
Courtesy Allegro Corporation

"Långt Ner I Småland/Slängpolska
(Way Down in Småland/Swingpolska)"
Written by Roger Talroth
Performed by Väsen
Courtesy of Northside Records

"Leaning Under A New Oar"
"Imperfect Ganesh"
Written and Performed by Thomas Carnacki
Courtesy Alethiometer Records

"Izakunyatheli Afrika Verwoerd
(Africa Is Going To Trample On You, Verwoerd)"
Traditional
Courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

"The Nail in the Coffin"
Written by Alex Lu
Published by Alex Lu Music (ASCAP)

"Glory"
Written by Hilda Tloubatla
Performed by Barorisi Ba Morena
Courtesy of Music Club Records

"On the March"
Written by Solovyov-Sedoy, Vasily
Performed by Red Star Red Army Chorus
Courtesy of Teldec

"Sad Song"
Written and Performed Cedric Gradus Samon
Courtesy of Universal-Island Records Limited

"He Blaar Coetzie"
Written by Stephan Uhlig
Performed by Brener Chor, Die Zeitgenossen and James Madlope Phillips
Courtesy of Satz

"Ray Of Hope"
Written and Performed by Terry Devine-King,
Elfred Hayes
Courtesy of Cavendish Music

Funding Provided by
The Ford Foundation
The National Endowment for the Humanities
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
The Presidential Fund for Innovation in International Studies, Stanford University
National Endowment for the Arts
Humanities Council of Washington, DC
Illinois Humanities Council
Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities
Ohio Humanities Council
Pennsylvania Humanities Council
Texas Council for the Humanities
Wisconsin Humanities Council

This program was produced by Clarity Educational Productions, Inc.,
which is solely responsible for its content.

© Copyright 2010 Clarity Educational Productions, Inc. and Connie Field.

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