Amandla!
A Revolution In Four Part Harmony
Awards (click to collapse)
Chicago International Film Festival, USA (2002) – Nominated: Gold Hugo: Best Documentary
Sundance Film Festival, USA (2002) – Winner: Audience Award: Documentary
Sundance Film Festival, USA (2002) – Winner: Freedom of Expression Award
Sundance Film Festival, USA (2002) – Nominated: Grand Jury Prize: Documentary
Sydney Film Festival, Australia (2003) – Winner: FIPRESCI Prize
Golden Trailer Awards, USA (2003) – Nominated: Best Documentary
Telluride Mountainfilm Festival, USA (2003) – Winner: Best of Festival
Encounters SA International Documentary Festival, South Africa (2002) – Winner: Audience Award: Best South-African Film
Black Reel Awards, USA (2004) – Winner: Special Achievement – Documentary
San Diego Film Festival, USA (2002) – Winner: Festival Award: Best Documentary
Satellite Awards, USA (2004) – Winner: Golden Satellite Award: Best Motion Picture, Documentary
Heartland International Film Festival, USA (2003) – Winner: Truly Moving Sound Award
News & Documentary Emmy Awards, USA (2004) – Nominated: Emmy: Outstanding Cultural & Artistic Programming – Long Form
News & Documentary Emmy Awards, USA (2004) – Nominated: Emmy: Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Cinematography
News & Documentary Emmy Awards, USA (2004) – Nominated: Emmy Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Editing
News & Documentary Emmy Awards, USA (2004) – Winner: Emmy: Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Research
News & Documentary Emmy Awards, USA (2004) – Nominated: Emmy: Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Music and Sound
St. Louis International Film Festival, USA (2002) – Winner: Best Documentary Award
A celebration of music in the struggle, Amandla! looks at how changes in the lyrics, rhythms and melodies of liberation songs reflected the radicalisation of black resistance in response to ever harsher crackdowns by the Apartheid state. In the context of the defiance campaign era of the 1950s, jaunty ditties warned “watch out Verwoerd, the black man will get you”; the Sharpeville massacre prompted a series of dirges, and the 1976 riots saw the emergence of songs expressing youthful dynamism, anger and disaffection. Revealing interviews with SA music greats – Dolly Rathebe, Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela and Sibongile Khumalo – interspersed with disturbing footage of key events make for a compelling and novel retelling of this significant chapter of our past.
We welcome Lee Hirsch who will introduce the film.
Guests
Director: Lee Hirsch
Film Stills
Previous Festivals
Telluride Mountainfilm Festival, USA (2003)
Sydney Film Festival, Australia (2003)
Sundance Film Festival, USA (2002)
St. Louis International Film Festival, USA (2002)
San Diego Film Festival, USA (2002)
Heartland International Film Festival, USA (2003)
Chicago International Film Festival, USA (2002)
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