Description
“You have touched a woman, you have struck a rock!” is an echo from 1956 when 20,000 women occupied Union Buildings, the seat of the all-white South African government, to protest against the issuing of passes to black women. More than 40 years before, the government had first attempted to bring women into the pass system which controls the labour and lives of black men. It met then with such fierce resistance that no further attempt was made until 1950s, when present Nationalist government was consolidating its policy of apartheid. This film, using a collage of rate photographs and newsreel footage, and interviews with some of the women actively involved, recreates the women’s campaigns, spanning more than a decade, against one of the most basic and iniquitous of apartheid laws.
This film made in 1981 reflects the cultural attitudes and language of the time it was made. The imagery and film quality may not be to modern standards.This should not diminish its value as a historic record.
This programme can be rented on our Video on Demand system for £2.00. For this you can view as often as you like within a 48 hour period of your purchase.
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