Come back, Africa [DVD video] : the films of Lionel Rogosin, volume II.

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Title:

Added Author:

Rogosin, Lionel, 1924-2000, screenwriter, film director, film producer.

Series:

The Milestone Cinematheque

Milestone cinematheque.

Publication Date:

2014

Publication Information:

[United States] : Milestone Film & Video, [2014]

Harrington Park, NJ : Oscillscope

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (341 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

ISBN:

9781933920535

Abstract:

In 1957, Rogosin travelled to South Africa and created a powerfully, moving drama exposing the harsh reality of life under the system apartheid. Filmed secretly under the noses of the feared South African police, Rogosin, his crew, and cast risked arrest and deportation. Miriam Makeba was banned from her country after travelling to Venice for the movie's premiere. The scenes shot in the vibrant black ghetto of Sophiatown are precious images of a lost world. Rogosin took the fight for equality to his homeland with Black roots, his documentary on African American life. The extraordinary cast, including Reverend Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick, attorney and feminist activist Florynce "Flo" Kennedy, musicians Jim Collier, Wende [i.e. Wendy] Smith, Larry Johnson and Reverend Gary Davis, tell stories of heartbreak and despair while their songs blow the roof off the rafters. The film combines tales of oppression with hauntingly beautiful images of the faces of black men, women and children.

General Note:

Special features: an introduction by Martin Scorsese; An American in Sophiatown, about the making of Come back, Africa; Lionel Rogosin talks about Come back, Africa; Come back, Africa theatrical trailer; Bitter sweet stories, a documentary on the making of Black roots; Have you seen Drum recently?, a film by Jürgen Schadeberg.

Performers:

Miriam Makeba, Lewis Nkosi, Bloke Modisane, Can Themba.

Contents:

disc 1. Come back, Africa (1959, 86 min.) -- [Martin Scorsese introduction] (2 min.) -- An American in Sophiatown / directed by Michael Rogosin and Lloyd Ross (64 min.) -- [Lionel Rogosin talks about Come back, Africa] (1978, 19 min.) -- Come back, Africa theatrical trailer (2 min.) -- disc 2. Black roots (1970, 63 min.) -- Bitter sweet stories / directed by Michael Rogosin (27 min.) -- Have you seen Drum recently? / directed by Jürgen Schadeberg (1989, 74 min.).

Technical Details:

DVD.

Subject Term:

Black people -- South Africa -- Johannesburg -- Social conditions.

Apartheid -- South Africa.

African Americans -- Social conditions.

Geographic Term:

South Africa -- Social conditions.

South Africa -- Race relations.

United States -- Race relations.

Genre:

Feature films.