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Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

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South Africa, United States · 2002
Rated PG-13 · 1h 43m
Director Lee Hirsch
Starring Walter Cronkite, F.W. de Klerk, Abdullah Ibrahim, Jesse Jackson
Genre Documentary

The struggle to eradicate apartheid in South Africa has been chronicled over time, but no one has addressed the vital role music plays in this challenge. This documentary by Lee Hirsch recounts a fascinating and little-known part of South Africa's political history through archival footage, interviews and, of course, several mesmerizing musical performances.

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Washington Post by

Viewers will leave Amandla! moved by the music, impressed by the musicians and dubious about the possibility of political and social healing.

70

Chicago Reader by Hank Sartin

At times Hirsch seems afraid to trust the material's inherent drama and becomes unnecessarily manipulative, staging performances in striking landscapes and playing the footage in slow motion.

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Dallas Observer by Robert Wilonsky

Cinema has done a fine job of documenting the anti-apartheid movement, even if too often the spotlight shone brightest on the white man through whom the black man's story was being told.

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Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert

Music was the ANC's most dangerous weapon, and we see footage of streets lined with tens of thousands of marchers, singing and dancing, expressing an unquenchable spirit.

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