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Title:

Ordinary people. Sebokeng by night / a Weekly Mail television production ; created and produced by Harriet Gavshon ; directed by Clifford Bestall.

Publisher:

First Run/Icarus Films,

Copyright Date:

1993

Description:

1 videocassette (26 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

Violence--Sebokeng.--Sebokeng.
Sebokeng (South Africa)--Social conditions.
South Africa--Race relations.

Other Authors:

Gavshon, Harriet. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001001657
Bestall, Clifford. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98131237
Weekly Mail Television. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2011073755
South African Broadcasting Corporation. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50082803
First Run/Icarus Films. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no95002698

Other Titles:

Ordinary people (Television program)

Notes:

Commentary, Gcina Mhlophe. "Commissioned by the SABC from Weekly Mail Television"--Closing credits. "Episode 5 of a 7 part series"--Container.

Summary:

Zone 12 in Sebokeng, a township outside Johannesburg and the scene of many arbitrary nighttime killings has the tense atmosphere of a war zone. Here an African National Congress affiliated "Self Defense Unit" keeps vigil while a South African Police "Internal Stability Unit" patrols and a housewife describes the measures residents must take to avoid violence.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)37517656

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)