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“WAR / OCCUPATION / BRUTALISATION”
“Indifference
to evil is more insidious than evil itself.
It
is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society” –
Abraham
Joshua Heschel, Jewish philosopher.
“But however long it takes,
the evil truth will always be out there
waiting to be exposed….”
The
following titles -
1]
“Namibia - no easy Road to Freedom" –
[1988]:
( seized
by the South African Security Police in 1988 in an unsuccessful attempt
to prevent international distribution ) - 58 minutes. This documentary looks at
the harsh realities suffered by Namibia’s civilian population under a history
of colonial occupation & specifically under military occupation by the
South African Security Forces. The film achieved "Finalist Status" at
the International Film & Video Festival of New York & was awarded a
Silver Award at the Houston International Film Festival for 1989.
2]
"Namibia - Rebirth of a Nation"
– [1990]:
45
minute documentary on the challenges facing post-independence Namibia which
received
"Finalist
Status" at the International Film & Video Festival of New York.
3]
"Of Courage & Consequence" – [1995]:
58 minutes - a personal
testimony from across the spectrum of South African youth on the bitter-sweet
realities of growing up as young South Africans in the wake of the apartheid
era;
what they have
experienced over the past two decades and the position that they find
themselves in today.
As such, the documentary
profiles youth from different walks of life - across a spectrum including ex-
SADF National Serviceman, MK guerilla, [SDU] Self-defense-Unit Commander and
emerging new-Afrikaner businessman. With the majority of young people,
disadvantaged and brutalized by the circumstances of the country’s recent
history, the documentary looks at the need for reconstruction of their lives
through education & life-skills training, as well as healing through
psychological reconstruction & counseling.
“Of Courage &
Consequence” is further a call for
South Africans to acknowledge the horrors of their immediate past in order that
they may lay to rest the ghosts that haunt their national psyche. This 1hr documentary on the bitter-sweet
journey of South Africa's youth across the cutting edge of the political
landscape of the past twenty years was nominated for an ARTES AWARD for BEST DOCUMENTARY of 1995.
4]
“Unfinished Business” – [1999]:
the 50
minute feature documentary dealing with “the test of faith” of
Joe Seremane & his journey to bring back the physical remains of his
younger brother Timothy from exile & uncover the truth surrounding
Timothy’s execution by ANC Military Tribunal at Quatro Camp, Angola in 1981.
The programme is directed by Kevin Harris & is an international
co-production between ABC [ Australia ], Journocam Productions, SABC &
Kevin Harris Productions. [ 1999 ]. This production has been awarded a “Special
Commendation” by the United Nations Media Peace Awards - Television
Category - for 1999.
Borne out by the South African Truth &
Reconciliation Commission, this introductory reference point of the documentary
establishes a principal tenet of “JUDGEMENT DAY” – a universal statement
about war and the consequences of protracted violent conflict on a generation
of youth – caught up on both sides of that conflict - sent out by the Generals
to kill & maim for God & Country.
Contextualised
in the history of the violent struggle against apartheid in South Africa /
Namibia-past and the current brutalising bloodshed taking place in Israel /
Palestine daily, “JUDGEMENT DAY” is as much a film about the
post-Apartheid search for healing in South African society as it is a prophetic
reflection on the steady loss of humanity of those bathed in the ongoing
bloodied conflict that is Israel / Palestine today.
As such, “JUDGEMENT DAY” examines how
ordinary people become brutalised in situations of conflict, and lose their
essential humanity and moral compass.
Drawing parallels between the role white South African army conscripts found themselves playing in defending the policies of Apartheid and the situation in which young Israeli soldiers find themselves in today - maintaining the Israeli military occupation of the Palestinian Territories - the film shows how in both situations, young men find themselves participating in acts of cruelty as a direct consequence of indoctrination in the overriding priority of “state security”& the need to humiliate & exert control over a dehumanised enemy-image.
Filmed over the past three years in South
Africa, and in Israel & the occupied territories of Palestine since the
start of the Second Intifada, “JUDGEMENT DAY”
conveys the harsh day-to-day life-experience
of the Palestinian people living under the siege conditions of closure &
collective punishment enforced by Israeli security forces of occupation.
The film takes a critical look at
the Israeli policy of “settlements” in the occupied territories and identifies
Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories as a basic root-cause of the ongoing cycle of violence – advocating a
return to the pre-1967 “green-line” borders defining an Independent Palestinian
State alongside an Independent State of Israel as the starting point for any
possible peace process that will lead to a just & lasting peace in the
Middle East.
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