UPRIZE! Teaser

 

1st of a few to come in the next few weeks. On the morning of June 16, 1976, students gathered to protest against the use of the Afrikaans language as a medium of instruction in schools. What started out as a planned peaceful march turned into a bloody confrontation by the police. The student protests spread to other parts of South Africa causing economic instability which rapidly plunged the country into crisis. Uprize! looks at the political, social and cultural conditions that shaped the June 1976 Soweto Students Uprising, how those ideas we transformed into liberatory action, and how those actions helped shape the democratic society we live in today. Contributors: Mtutuzeli Matshoba Harry Nengwekhulu Duma Ndlovu John Mothopeng Barney Pityana Mandy Sanger Zelda Holtzman Seth Mazibuko Abigail Kubeka Sipho “Hotstix” Mabuse Sibongile Mkhabela Dlaki Vani Fatima Dike Mongane Wally Serote Directed By Sifiso Khanyile Written By Sifiso Khanyile Produced By Tshego Molete Khanyile