RFK IN THE LAND OF APARTHEID, A Ripple of Hope
Screening & TalkBack
The Standby Program has partnered with Maysles Cinema to present: Screening & Talkback of RFK: In the Land Of Apartheid. Joining us for the discussion will be Larry Shore, Producer and Director & Tami Gold, Director.
Thursday, July 21st @ 7:30pm
Maysles Cinema
343 Malcolm X Boulevard NYC
(btw 127th & 128th Street)
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Using never before seen archival footage, and interviews in South Africa and the United States, filmmakers Larry Shore and Tami Gold tell the unknown story of Robert Kennedy’s 1966 visit to South Africa during the worst years of Apartheid.
The film evokes the connections between the American Civil Rights Movement and the Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa. The filmmakers find witness to this special moment in time through the sights and sounds of present day South Africa
RFK IN THE LAND OF APARTHEID… follows Senator Kennedy to the site of his famous “Ripple of Hope” speech at the University of Cape Town and his encounter with Afrikaans students at Stellenbosch, the pro-Apartheid university.
A high point of the film is Kennedy’s meeting with one of the unknown giants of African history – the banned President of the African National Congress, and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Chief Albert Lutuli – living under house arrest in a remote rural area. The film travels with Robert Kennedy to Soweto, South Africa’s largest black township, where he meets thousands of people and gives voice to Chief Lutuli’s silenced call for a free South Africa.
We witness Kennedy publicly challenging the dominant Cold War ideology that anti-Communism, espoused by repressive regimes like that in South Africa, should be the only factor determining American foreign policy.
With an original sound track by American musician Jason Moran and voices from the University of Cape Town Africa Choir, the film tells an unusual story through the words and actions of an American politician whose legacy continues to advance human rights around the world.
Produced by Larry Shore
Directed by Tami Gold & Larry Shore
Edited by Harry Kafka
Cinematography by Tami Gold & Edin Velez
© Shoreline Productions, 2009 Length (56 min.)
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