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[[Meridian Productions]] was the name given to an  "invented"  documentary production company under the aegis of which [[Mark Sebba]] and [[Ralph Mzamo]] made
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[[Meridian Productions]] was a short-lived documentary production company in the 1980s.
  
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==The company==
  
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A work-shop based documentary production company under the aegis of which South African born [[Mark Sebba]] and [[Ralph Mzamo]] made several educational documentaries on South African issues in the mid-1980s.
He had a short-lived career as a freelance film maker in the 1980s, during which time he made some educational documentaries on South African issues with [[Ralph Mzamo]], a South African exile, an 'invented' production company they called [[Meridian Productions]].  
 
  
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''[[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.
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== Sources ==
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E-mail correspondence from [[Mark Sebba]] (including brief biography) (19 September, 2024)
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Films by [[Mark Sebba]] and [[Ralph Mzamo]] on ''YouTube''[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvmcw5gyRb6wV5RXDNCMRExBsmxJPCxym]]
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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Latest revision as of 06:25, 29 September 2024

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

The company

A work-shop based documentary production company under the aegis of which South African born Mark Sebba and Ralph Mzamo 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]]


Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to ESAT Venues M

Return to South African Theatre Venues, Companies, Societies, etc

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page