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==The company==
 
==The company==
  
South African born [[Mark Sebba]] and [[Ralph Mzamo]] used the name [[Meridian Productions]] for an  "invented"  documentary production company under the aegis of which they made some educational documentaries on South African issues
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South African born [[Mark Sebba]] and [[Ralph Mzamo]] used the name [[Meridian Productions]] for a documentary production company under the aegis of which they made several educational documentaries on South African issues in the mid-1980s.
  
 
Among the productions are:
 
Among the productions are:
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''[[Wally Serote - South African Poet]]''.  [[Wally Serote]] in conversation with [[Ralph Mzamo]]. [Meridian Productions]] 1987
 
''[[Wally Serote - South African Poet]]''.  [[Wally Serote]] in conversation with [[Ralph Mzamo]]. [Meridian Productions]] 1987
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A fourth production, ''[[Apartheid Underground]]'', featured a British coalface miner who visited South Africa at the invitation of the black miners' union N.U.M. in 1986. This production was not released.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 22:25, 26 September 2024

Meridian Productions was a short-lived documentary production company in the 1980s.

The company

South African born Mark Sebba and Ralph Mzamo used the name Meridian Productions for a documentary production company under the aegis of which they made several educational documentaries on South African issues in the mid-1980s.

Among the productions are:

Laurie Nathan: Working for a Just Peace. Interview with the national organiser of the End Conscription Campaign, Meridian Productions 1987.

South Africa 1987: The Church at the Crossroads. Interview with Chris Langeveld, parish priest of a Soweto neighbourhood. Meridian Productions

Wally Serote - South African Poet. Wally Serote in conversation with Ralph Mzamo. [Meridian Productions]] 1987

A fourth production, Apartheid Underground, featured a British coalface miner who visited South Africa at the invitation of the black miners' union N.U.M. in 1986. This production was not released.

Sources

E-mail correspondence from Mark Sebba (including brief biography) (19 September, 2024)

Films by Mark Sebba and Ralph Mzamo on YouTube[1]]


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