South Africa: Perception and Reality Program 928 Original Airdate: 8/10/1979 Subject Keywords Apartheid - South Africa Blacks in motion pictures South Africa in motion pictures Television broadcasting of films Subject Genre Public Affairs: Current Events Personal Names Dube, Dr. Alfred Magubane, Dr. Bernard Mbere, Dr. Aggrey Menong, Teko Vilakazi, Themba Corporate Names African National Congress Last Grave at Dimbaza (motion picture) Pan African Congress Program Description Program explores the facts, fictions, and future of South Africa via interviews with academic and political figures Dr. Alfred Dube (of the South African Cultural Mission), Dr. Bernard Magubane (of the University of Connecticut), Dr. Aggrey Mbere (of Roxbury Community College), Teko Menong (Freedom Fighter and filmmaker), and Themba Vilakazi (member of the South African Congress). Program Includes BBC footage from the film Last Grave at Dimbaza (filmed illegally in South Africa). Specific issues include the history of South Africa, the conditions of Black workers and families under apartheid, the fusion between political and economic structures with apartheid, the strategic location of South Africa and its stores of coal and uranium, the role of foreign investors in South Africa, the African National Congress's freedom charter, and the hope for a democratic future. Producer Barabara Barrow-Murray Associate Producer Beth Deare Director George Rivera Guests Dr. Alfred Dube Dr. Bernard Magubane Dr. Aggrey Mbere Teko Menong Themba Velakazi Others Sam Carradine (researcher) Brian Clarke (assistant director) Leo Demers (recordist) Doug Devitt (recordist) Diana Fong (intern) Salem Mekura (researcher) Milan Merhar (recordist) Robert Moore (intern) Wil Morton (audio) Joe Pugliesi (video) George Rivera (post-production supervisor) Kathy Smith (switcher) Lee Smith (cameraman) David St. Onge (recordist) Evelyn Wong (production assistant) Formats Master (WGBH program) 2" videotape A2-06095 Original footage 3/4" cassette 11 Original footage 3/4" cassette 12 Original footage 3/4" cassette 13 Preservation master beta SP cassette AP-00453A Preservation master D3 cassette AD3-00537 Preservation master digital beta cassette AP-01637 Preservation master digital beta cassette AP-01637A Viewing copy 3/4" cassette (item number not yet assigned) Viewing copy 3/4" cassette 1643-60 Viewing copy VHS cassette (item number not yet assigned) The Say Brother Collection Web site is a production of the WGBH Archives. ©2001 WGBH Educational Foundation.