This is another film we watched during our film festival. The documentary does a lot of interviews with people about old protest music that is interesting but may drag on a bit. However some of the footage is fantastic. There is an amazing funeral song and some really fun stuff from after Mandela gets out of prison and the first election. However, the most impressive part was the footage of the Toy Toy - a kind of Zulu war/protest dance. It was basically designed to scare the crap out of the soldiers watching the marches. It hints at some of the violence involved in the anti-apartheid struggle.
I got goosebumps watching/listening to the toi-toi. Its interesting to see this perspective on the struggle against apartheid - reminding people that a movement like that has a big cultural component as well as all the more obvious political/militant activism. I liked the movie a lot.
Comment by poogas — June 1, 2006 @ 6:34 pm
The anti-apartheid movement is interesting in a lot of ways, we really want to compare it to our own civil rights movement, but there are a lot of important differences. Still, I think there is a place for the toi toi in any march.
Comment by nate — June 6, 2006 @ 8:41 pm