The New South Africa Twenty Years after Apartheid: Films, Discussions, and a Free Book!
Christopher Capozzola
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
February 11, 1990 - Nelson Mandela walks free after 27 years in prison & South Africa begins transitioning from apartheid to multiracial democracy. This series honors the 20th anniversary of his release by examining the social issues that confronted the "rainbow nation" in the last two decades: healing past wounds in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission; public health & the HIV/AIDS crisis; urban landscape transformations after residential desegregation; and resurgent xenophobia targeting recent immigrants from other sub-saharan African countries. Please join us for this IAP series.
Contact: Christopher Capozzola, E51-180, x2-4960, capozzol@mit.edu
Sponsor: History
Forgiveness (2004)
Christopher Capozzola
From 1995-1998, South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission offered a highly public scrutinity of crimes by the apartheid regime. Forgiveness, a taut drama explores how a South African family and a former South African police officer grapple with the burdens of memory even after the TRC’s work was done. A short lecture on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission precedes the film with a post-film discussion.
Wed Jan 20, 07-10:00pm, Room 5-217, see sessions for details
Tsotsi (2005)
Christopher Capozzola
Tsotsi is an award-winning drama based on a novel by South African writer Athol Fugard. Following a young orphan who joins a Johannesburg street gang, the film chronicles the impact of inequality and HIV on the lives of South Africa’s children.
The film will be preceded by a short lecture on HIV in contemporary South Africa and a post-film discussion.
Thu Jan 21, 07-10:00pm, Room 3-133, see sessions for details
Book Discussion - With a Free Book! Phaswane Mpe, Welcome to Our Hillbrow (2001)
Christopher Capozzola
A most interesting short novels from post-apartheid South Africa, set in Hillbrow, a diverse & tumultuous residential neighborhood in Johannesburg. In the words of the author, "everything is there...." Free copy to 1st 12 MIT student/faculty/staff w/ MIT ID who sign up. See http://web.mit.edu/history/www. Also on reserve at the Humanities Library and available at local libraries, bookstores, & online booksellers.
Wed Jan 27, 05-07:00pm, Room 4-249, see sessions for details
District Nine (2009)
Christopher Capozzola
Sci-fi hit District Nine tells the story of forced removal of aliens terrorizing the slums of 21st-century Johannesburg, and uses conflicts over an alien “prawn” species to explore undocumented African migration and the lingering legacies of apartheid-era urban surveillance & forced removal. A short lecture on migration politics in contemporary South Africa precedes the film w/ a post-film discussion.
Wed Jan 27, 07-10:00pm, Room 4-231
Latest update: 04-Jan-2010
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