"You have touched a woman but have struck a rock" is an echo (a slogan) from the 1956 march by 20 000 women on the Union Buildings in Pretoria, protesting the issuing of pass books to black women. Using a collage of rare footage and interviews with some of the women who were actively involved, the film is a document of a brave demonstration against injustice.
YOU HAVE STRUCK A ROCK
Director: Debbie May
1981, 28 minutes, 16mm.
2011 - Anthology Film Archives (New York) - April 2011
* This screening is part of: UNITED WE STAND: SOUTH AFRICAN CINEMA DURING APARTHEID
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