MCU shot of ocean tide rolling in at Cape Town; TLSs ocean, waves. Establishing shots of Cape Town, mountain range in BG. VO discusses growth of Islam in South Africa;
Great TLS of a mosque minaret, moon in BG (daytime shot); low angle MS of Church Street sign; audio of muezzin chanting.
The Africans: New Conflicts - South Africa Apartheid. Regards the constant state of internal conflict endured by many African countries in post-colonial times. Edited unmixed program originally shot on film.
TLS/MSs of Muslims marching in Anti-Apartheid rally after the funeral of a young man killed by police; many banners, one of which reads, Death to Apartheid; TLS of a coffin draped in white sheet being carried through crowd; Muslims carry a banner calling for release of Mandela; audio of a Muslim speaker saying that there should be jihad against the apartheid system; MCU Muslim man calling for revolt against the terrorism of the government and security forces, saying that Islam is by nature militant and therefore it is just to attack the government forces.
An interfaith Anti-Apartheid rally; Muslims, black Africans, and some whites; a Muslim leader says that divisions must be overcome to defeat Apartheid; a Christian leader says that there must be unity, unity between Christians and Muslims that would threaten the power of Apartheid.
The Africans: New Conflicts - South Africa Apartheid. Regards the constant state of internal conflict endured by many African countires in post-colonial times. Edited unmixed program originally shot on film. MS of white Afrikaner loading a pistol; MS/MCUs of white South Africans loading pistols and ammunition belts, taking target practice at a firing range; MSs of the Afrikaners checking their targets. shooting range. handgun
The Africans: New Conflicts - Algerian Civil War, Algerian War of Independence. Regards the constant state of internal conflict endured by many African countires in post-colonial times. Edited unmixed program originally shot on film.
High angle LS view from hill of harbor at Algiers, Algeria. Establishing shots of French-styled buildings in downtown Algiers. TLSs of facades.
Host Ali Mazrui discusses the differences between French in Algeria and Afrikaners in South Africa, stating that since the Afrikaners identify themselves with the African continent. The French in Algeria saw themselves as part of France.
Archival B&W footage of French soldiers raiding buildings, breaking down doors, interrogating suspected revolutionaries, and executing Algerian rebels during Algerian revolution. Algerian Civil War, Algerian War of Independence.
MS/MCUs of white male traders working in a South African stock exchange; shouting prices and making bids; CUs trading board; dramatic shots of a black man perched on a tall ladder writing numbers in chalk on the board. Apartheid
Aerial of industrial warehouses and factories in South Africa. Industry.
DO NOT USE stills of executed Algerians
MS/MCUs of Algerian prisoners. VO says France's defeat in Vietnam the same year that the Algerian revolution began intensified the brutality of the French army in Algeria. Algerian Civil War, Algerian War of Independence.
B&W archival newsreel Algerian Civil War, Algerian War of Independence. OAS demonstration. Shots of French troops in the streets during a riot situation in Algeria as European settlers angrily protest a perceived abandonment by France; explosions; firefighters hose building; European paramilitary grafitti; shots of burning buildings and White settlers departing Algeria.
Host Ali Mazrui discusses the differences between French in Algeria and Afrikaners in South Africa,
The Africans: New Conflicts - South Africa Apartheid. Regards the constant state of internal conflict endured by many African countries in post-colonial times. Edited unmixed program originally shot on film.
Panning LS squalid black township of South Africa; poverty, shantytown. Over the shoulder MS white cop driving van; VO says the white police forces still ensure that all violence takes place in the Townships; MSs of troops, stores of weapons & tear gas back of van; MS black policeman looking apprehensive; police trucks with prisoners in cages roll through township; MS black residents sing songs to heckle the cops and support their fellows; MSs black teenagers throwing rocks at police vans & Afrikaners; TLS moving police van, the windshield shattering from hurled rock;
MS young black leader advocating violent rebellion against apartheid. This year will be a year of violence.
TLS 4X2 pickup driven by old white man getting hit with rock, windshield breaking.
MS young black leader advocating violent rebellion against apartheid. and the slogan is attack !
MSs black teenagers throwing rocks at police vans & Afrikaners
MS President P.W. Botha saying he doesn't understand why there is violence in the country. I can t see the reasons for this situation.
TLSs rocks shattering a truck windshield, white paramilitaries in back of truck firing shotguns.