Amandla!

aka: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
South Africa / USA 2002, 108 minutes
Dir. Lee Hirsch
In English, Zulu with English subtitles
Rating: [PG]
Genres: Documentary, Music

Topics: Politics, Indigenous & Minority Cultures.

Aroview: A moving tribute to the role of protest music in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa from 1948 to 1994 - slowly put together by dir. Hirsch over two decades.

The hidden cultural history of how songs, ballads and anthems kept black resistance alive is told in interviews with musicians like Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, and Abdullah Ibrahim and others, woven into newsreel footage of the era.

NZ International Film Festival 2003

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4 stars (Very Good) Great music, brave times! well worth watching/keeping. They are mostly all dead now, but certainly not forgotten. ~Anon