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Revision as of 06:12, 12 October 2023
Freedom Square and Back of the Moon is a documentary film by Angus Gibson and William Kentridge.
Also found written Freedom Square and the Back of the Moon.
The film
The film. made in 1986, focuses on Sophiatown[], the closest place to the city centre of Johannesburg that was occupied by black South Africans. It was home to writers, journalists, artists, politicians – the black intellectual heart of the city. It is not surprising then that it was the first area to be targeted by the Nationalist Government for removals. In this documentary, Angus Gibson and William Kentridge use interviews, archive material, drawings and extracts from the protest play Sophiatown to explore the life and destruction of Sophiatown.
Sophiatown was established in 1900 and, since its earliest days, was a multicultural melting pot of families with different racial and cultural backgrounds. Sophiatown enjoyed its freedom as a racially integrated area. Known for its rich jazz music scene it was an intellectual, artistic and political hub for those opposed to apartheid, until its destruction by the Apartheid Government between 1955 to 1959.
It was published as a VHS Video by a number of sources, including the Film Resource Unit (1980), the Free Film-Makers for broadcast by BBC Channel Four (1987) and by Lindy Wilson Productions, Western Cape, South Africa, in 1995.
Sources
https://www.worldcat.org/title/freedom-square-and-back-of-the-moon/oclc/55702736
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8991332/
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