Narrator, Jacqueline Cloake. Originally produced as a documentary in 2009.
Summary:
"An emotional journey through the abyss of the apartheid era, this program explores the cruel realities and implications of institutionalized racial categorization. Viewers learn the story of Sandra Laing, who, although she was born to white Afrikaner parents, developed the skin color and facial feature of a black African through a quirk of genetics. By the time she was a teenager, Sandra had been officially designated as 'colored, ' cut off from her family, and expelled from white society. Marked by imprisonment and domestic abuse as well as some semblance of reconciliation and closure, Laing's saga inspires not only outrage but also far-reaching questions about racial identity and classification."--Container.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)615808808
Locations:
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.