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Title:

The meaning of the buffalo / Mafisa Media & Durga Shakti Films ; a film by Karin Slater ; director ... , Karin Slater ; producers, Denise Slabbert, Eddie Koch and Karin Slater.

Publisher:

Film Resource Unit,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

1 videocassette (61 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

Ethnicity--South Africa.
Indigenous peoples--South Africa--Social life and customs.
Game wardens--South Africa.
South Africa--Social life and customs--21st century.
Documentary films--South Africa.

Other Authors:

Slater, Karin. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008050035
Slabbert, Denise. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2009005149
Koch, Eddie. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no92018427
Mafisa Media.
Durga Shakti Productions.
SABC 1 (Television station : Johannesburg, South Africa) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2007103240
Film Resource Unit. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97058408

Notes:

Originally broadcast on SABC 1.

Summary:

"Rene is a young women of the Balete people whose totem is the buffalo. Their heritage and relationship with [the] land and [the] wilderness was shattered under apartheid. Now with their rights restored, but their culture fragile, Rene wants to become the first black woman game ranger on their ancestral land. Set against the beautiful backdrop of animals, wilderness and nature, this film is about the fragility of sacred identity"--Container.

Series:

Project 10, real stories from a free South Africa
Women's empowerment collection ; 3

OCLC:

(OCoLC)61194890

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)