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Say Brother; South Africa; Western Nations failure to censure South Africa
Part of Say Brother.
11/04/1977
In this clip host Steve Curwood delivers a commentary on the repeated failure of Western countries such as the United States, Great Britain and France to take action against South Africa in the United Nations. Overall the program features close to an hour of the British film Last Grave at Dimbaza, as released by Morena Films. The film, which was shot illegally in the Republic of South Africa, details the impoverished living conditions of Black South Africans and the oppressive policy of Apartheid. Program closes with the commentary of host Steve Curwood on the unwillingness of western nations to recognize human rights violations in South Africa.
License Clip
- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- South Africa
- Program Number
807
- Title
Western Nations failure to censure South Africa
- Series Description
Say Brother is WGBH's longest running public affairs television program by, for and about African Americans, and is now known as Basic Black. Since its inception in 1968, Say Brother has featured the voices of both locally and nationally known African American artists, athletes, performers, politicians, professionals, and writers including: Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelou, Thomas Atkins, Amiri Baraka, Doris Bunte, Julian Bond, Stokely Carmichael, Louis Farrakhan, Nikki Giovanni, Odetta Gordon, Henry Hampton, Benjamin Hooks, Jesse Jackson, Hubie Jones, Mel King, Eartha Kitt, Elma Lewis, Haki Madhubuti, Wallace D. Muhammad, Charles Ogletree, Babatunde Olatunji, Byron Rushing, Owusu Sadaukai, and Sonia Sanchez. Series release date: 7/15/1968
- Program Description
Program features close to an hour of the British film Last Grave at Dimbaza, as released by Morena Films. The film, which was shot illegally in the Republic of South Africa, details the impoverished living conditions of Black South Africans and the oppressive policy of Apartheid. Program closes with the commentary of host Steve Curwood on the unwillingness of western nations to recognize human rights violations in South Africa.
- Asset Type
Clip
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- United Nations
- Last Grave at Dimbaza (Motion picture)
- Civil rights
- Apartheid--South Africa
- United States--Relations--South Africa
- Segregation
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Contributors
- Curwood, Steve (Host)
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; South Africa; Western Nations failure to censure South Africa,” 11/04/1977, GBH Archives, accessed April 24, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_4E112EAEA0174E24A320922022830DCA.
- MLA: “Say Brother; South Africa; Western Nations failure to censure South Africa.” 11/04/1977. GBH Archives. Web. April 24, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_4E112EAEA0174E24A320922022830DCA>.
- APA: Say Brother; South Africa; Western Nations failure to censure South Africa. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_4E112EAEA0174E24A320922022830DCA