VIDEO: MASIZAKHE: Building Each Other (South Africa)

MASIZAKHE: Building Each Other, a feature length documentary, explores the role that a new generation of activists are playing in shaping the future of South African society.  Filmed in South Africa’s Port Elizabeth area and surrounding townships, the film weaves the stories of emerging young activists with freedom fighters of the previous generation whose work led to the end of apartheid.  In an interesting evolution, the newer 21st century freedom fighters are increasingly using popular culture as their tool of choice in South Africa’s push for true democracy.  As a result, art, music, hip-hop and spoken word are at the forefront of yet another, global movement for change. 

The film was screened at New York University on 1/28/08 as the kick off to a US tour that stops in LA County and ends in the Bay Area on 2/9/08 at the Museum of the African Diaspora  ……..Watch the trailer! 

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