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About: looking for archival footage on South Africa

Mon, 16 Mar 1998 15:35:45 -0800 (PST)

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    Originally dated: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 15:35:45 -0800 (PST)

    > From: Tania Kamal-Eldin <tkamalel@ucsd.edu>
    > I am looking
    > for archival footage which will be used as part of the backdrop for a
    > theatrical production of the classical play--Antigone. I need the
    > highest video format possible, preferably BetaCamSP. The footage
    > should be of scenes involving the following situations:
    >
    >
    >
    > S O U T H A F R I C A
    >
    > Civil war atrocities in Africa: e.g. Tutsis vs. Hutus, or
    > Xhosas vs. Zulus; standard conflict in Soweto.
    >
    > Imperialist atrocities including whites clubbing blacks in South
    > African townships, bulldozing the shelters of the blacks "which are
    > not
    > up to code."
    >
    > Violent history including Boer wars, Zulus vs. Xhosas, apartheid
    > atrocities; etc.
    >
    > Mandela, Biko, and other freedom fighters; Prisoners and hunger
    > strikers; Mothers bereft of their children in Africa, and so on.
    >
    > Thanks much for any direction/advice....
    >
    > Tania Kamal-Eldin
    >
    > Visual Arts Dept
    > 9500 Gilman Drive, 0327
    > La Jolla, CA 92093-0327
    > e-mail: tkamalel@ucsd.edu
    > Tel: 619 454-5236
    > Fax: 619 534-8651

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