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Standing on Their Shoulders

  • Standing on Their Shoulders [Debout sur leurs épaules]
Genre : Historical
Type : Documentary
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Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2018
Format : Mid-length
Running time : 70 (in minutes)

Celebrated South African filmmaker, Xoliswa Sithole, takes us on a historical journey through time in this award-winning documentary that connects female resistance movements in South Africa. The starting point of the documentary is August 9, 1956, which marks the day that 20,000 women marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria in protest against the dehumanizing apartheid law that required all Africans to carry a pass. "You have touched a woman, you have struck a rock," they chanted, a mantra which has continued to stand as testimony to the resilience of many remarkable South African female activists, including Lilian Ngoyi, Helen Joseph and Albertina Sisulu.

A documentary produced and directed by Xoliswa Sithole selected for the African film festival of New York 2020

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