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  2. Soweto uprising - Wikipedia

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    Apartheid. The Soweto uprising, also known as the Soweto riots, was a series of demonstrations and protests led by black school children in South Africa during apartheid that began on the morning of 16 June 1976. [ 1] Students from various schools began to protest in the streets of the Soweto township in response to the introduction of ...

  3. Sarafina! (film) - Wikipedia

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    The plot focuses on students involved in the Soweto Uprising, in opposition to the implementation of Afrikaans as the language of instruction in schools.. The character Sarafina feels shame at her mother's acceptance of her role as domestic servant in a white household in apartheid South Africa, and inspires her peers to rise up in protest, especially after her inspirational teacher, Mary ...

  4. Cry Freedom - Wikipedia

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    Cry Freedom is a 1987 epic biographical drama film directed and produced by Richard Attenborough, set in late-1970s apartheid -era South Africa. The screenplay was written by John Briley based on a pair of books by journalist Donald Woods. The film centres on the real-life events involving South African activist Steve Biko and his friend Woods ...

  5. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom - Wikipedia

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    Turning to the 1976 Soweto uprising, Hiribarren said that the film "did not spend much time evoking this pivotal event, because Mandela did not say much about Soweto in his book. The Soweto uprising was, however, instrumental in creating a new political climate in South Africa that directly led to the politicisation of many young South Africans."

  6. Hector Pieterson - Wikipedia

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    Apartheid. Zolile Hector Pieterson (19 August 1963 – 16 June 1976) was a South African schoolboy who was shot and killed at the age of 12 during the Soweto uprising in 1976, when the police opened fire on black students protesting the enforcement of teaching in Afrikaans, mostly spoken by the white and coloured population in South Africa, as ...

  7. Soweto - Wikipedia

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    The Soweto uprising are depicted as Stander's breaking point in the film. Sara Blecher and Rimi Raphoto's popular documentary, Surfing Soweto (2006), addresses the phenomenon of young kids "surfing" on the roofs of Soweto trains and the social problem this represents. The film District 9 (2009) was shot in Tshiawelo, Soweto. [70]

  8. Alf Kumalo - Wikipedia

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    Overview. Kumalo was born in Utrecht near Newcastle in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. [4] He first worked in a garage doing various jobs and then started freelancing for various publications, selling his photographs where he could. He did a lot of work for the Bantu World. In 1956, he found a permanent position at the Golden City Post and later ...

  9. Detroit's Olympic Uprising documentary tells of 1968 summer ...

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    A new documentary helps tell that story, titled "Detroit's Olympic Uprising." "We're in the midst of an intense competitive situation," said then-Gov. George Romney. More than 60 years ago, in ...