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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
| − | + | While in exile in England in the 1980s, he was briefly a freelance film maker with [[Mark Sebba]], making several educational documentaries on South African political issues under the aegis of a workshop-based production company called [[Meridian Productions]]. | |
| − | Among films the made by | + | Among films the made by [[Meridian Productions]] are: |
''[[Laurie Nathan: Working for a Just Peace]]''. Interview with the national organiser of the End Conscription Campaign, [[Meridian Productions]] 1987. | ''[[Laurie Nathan: Working for a Just Peace]]''. Interview with the national organiser of the End Conscription Campaign, [[Meridian Productions]] 1987. | ||
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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 == | ||
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Films by [[Mark Sebba]] and [[Ralph Mzamo]] on ''YouTube''[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvmcw5gyRb6wV5RXDNCMRExBsmxJPCxym]] | Films by [[Mark Sebba]] and [[Ralph Mzamo]] on ''YouTube''[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvmcw5gyRb6wV5RXDNCMRExBsmxJPCxym]] | ||
| + | Julie Frederikse. 1987. Interview with [[Ralph Mzamo]]. ''The Unbreakable Thread: non-racialism in South Africa'', published by [[Ravan Press]], 1990. (Transcript: SAHA collection AL2460 [https://www.saha.org.za/nonracialism/transcript_of_interview_with_ralph_mzamo.htm] | ||
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| + | Moffat Hadebe, "I was once senior to Mangena and Masuku", The Sunday News, 22nd August 2021. [https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/i-was-once-senior-to-mangena-and-masuku/] | ||
Go to the [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to the [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:26, 29 September 2024
Ralph Mzamo is a South African born journalist, film-maker, freedom fighter and commander in Umkhonto we Sizwe.
Contents
Biography
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
While in exile in England in the 1980s, he was briefly a freelance film maker with Mark Sebba, making several educational documentaries on South African political issues under the aegis of a workshop-based production company called Meridian Productions.
Among films the made by Meridian 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 (19 September, 2024)
Films by Mark Sebba and Ralph Mzamo on YouTube[1]]
Julie Frederikse. 1987. Interview with Ralph Mzamo. The Unbreakable Thread: non-racialism in South Africa, published by Ravan Press, 1990. (Transcript: SAHA collection AL2460 [2]
Moffat Hadebe, "I was once senior to Mangena and Masuku", The Sunday News, 22nd August 2021. [3]
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