You have struck a rock! [electronic resource] / [produced and directed by Deborah May].

Publication:

San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1981.

Format/Description:

Video
1 online resource (29 minutes)

Subjects:

Women, Black -- South Africa.
South Africa -- Race relations.

Form/Genre:

Documentary films.

Language:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

You Have Struck A Rock! commemorates the special contribution of South African women to the success of the anti-apartheid struggle. It recovers the remarkable "women's campaigns" of the 1950s against the hated pass system. This massive, non-violent civil disobedience movement was only finally crushed by the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre and the banning of anti-apartheid organizations. Lilian Ngoyi, Helen Joseph, Dora Tamana and other leaders recall this struggle and their imprisonment and banning. Yet they remain undaunted, demonstrating the South African proverb: "When you have touched a woman, you have struck a rock."

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed December 01, 2017).
Won 1983 Amiens International Film Festival Best Short Film

Contributor:

May, Deborah, director, producer.
Mbulu, Letta, narrator.
Alexander Street Press.
United Nations, production company.
California Newsreel (Firm), distributor.

OCLC:

1022758358

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.

Online:

Connect to streaming video
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/2025976

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