Tsiamelo: a place of goodness

United Kingdom, 1984

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A remarkable and sensitive film dealing with the reality of racial segregation in South Africa by showing us how a single family and their friends have been affected by the 1913 Native Land Act and subsequent laws.

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Credits

director

Betty Wolpert

co-producer

Betty Wolpert

Blanche Tsimatsima

Ellen Kuzwayo

production company

Betty Wolpert

Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen

Duration

00:57:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1984

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

016451

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Apartheid - South Africa

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Blacks - South Africa

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Race discrimination

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Racism

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → South Africa - Politics and government

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → South Africa - Race relations

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → South Africa - Social conditions

History → Apartheid - South Africa

History → History

History → South Africa - History

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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