Event Announcement

Hey everyone! They're showing Amandla!, a really amazing film on the role of music in the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. It's a really beautiful film with a really stirring soundtrack. If you have time, check it out. :)

Subject: Beyond the Classroom presents the film "Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony"

Subject : Beyond the Classroom presents the film "Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony"
When : Monday, February 25, 2008 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Where : 1102 South Campus Commons, Building 1
Event Type(s) : Movie/Film/Video

How do you inspire, mobilize and sustain a people power movement for justice over 40 years? This inspiring documentary tells the story of Black South African freedom music and the central role it played against the Apartheid regime. Winner of the 2002 Sundance Film Festival (Documentary Audience Award and Freedom of Expression Award), Amandla! is the first film to specifically consider the music that sustained and galvanized black South Africans for more than 40 years. Under the Apartheid regime, singing, possession, or recording of music was banned by the South African Government. Amandla!'s focus is on the struggle's spiritual dimension as articulated and embodied in song. Named for the Xhosa word for "power," Amandla! lives up to its title, telling an uplifting story of human courage, resolve and triumph in the face of adversity.