One of the problems of TV journalism is that it is at its most powerful when showing the event itself. It is, therefore, too often tied to that actuality in its efforts to bring understanding. Drama, on the other hand, must recreate events and therefore rely on the skills of the recreator to bring meaning. We present three programmes about South Africa which use variou methods to impart information.
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Adapted from the award-winning black South African Theatre Production Bopha! Is a documentary about the turmoil engulfing the back townships of South Africa. BOPHA!… -
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The story of Nelson Mandela and his wifeWinnie Mandela, two people who have come to symbolize the spirit of black resistance in South Africa. Part I begins with the… -
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Nagging doubt is a dramatic evocation of the social and political climate surrounding the Sharpville Massacre of 1960, when polic opened fire on 15.000Africans who…