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Yoruba Richen
Producer: Yoruba Richen |
2010
Color
57 minutes
South Africa/US
English
English subtitles
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Promised Land
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Though apartheid ended in South Africa in 1994, economic injustices between blacks and whites remain unresolved. As revealed in Yoruba Richen’s incisive PROMISED LAND, the most potentially explosive issue is land. The film follows two black communities as they struggle to reclaim land from white owners, some of whom who have lived there for generations. Amid rising tensions and wavering government policies, the land issue remains South Africa’s “ticking time bomb,” with far-reaching consequences for all sides. Promised Land captures multiple perspectives of citizens struggling to create just solutions. A co-production of the National Black Programming Consortium, American Documentary/POV and the Diverse Voices Project.
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PROMISED LAND film is on Facebook!
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"Redistributing white-owned land is a combustible topic in South Africa. Richen succeeds in framing the issue in personal as well as historical perspectives, acknowledging that for questions of collective guilt and righting historical wrongs, there are no easy answers."
- Indyweek, Durham
“Yoruba Richen’s documentary explores one of South Africa’s greatest challenges.”
- New York Daily News
“An inside look at land reform and racial reconciliation in the new South Africa.”
- Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC Radio, New York
“What are the statutes of limitation on justice and reparation? ‘Promised Land’ shows us
there are no easy answers.”
- Kevin McDonough, United Feature Syndicate
“Looks at the ticking time bomb in South Africa.”
- Neal Conan, “Talk of the Nation,” NPR
“A compelling look at the people who will be affected on both sides.”
- Roger Catlin, The Hartford Courant
“Powerful.”
- Bev Smith, syndicated radio host, American Urban Radio Networks
“‘Promised Land’ explores the black, the white, and the shades of gray of post-apartheid
tensions.”
- Laura Flanders, GRITtv
“You’ll see fascinating, hopeful stories here.”
- David Crumm, ReadTheSpirit.com
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POV Documentary Series, PBS, 2010
Full Frame Documentary Festival, 2010
Stranger than Fiction Documentary Series, New York, 2010
Another World is Possible Progressive Film Festival , US Social Forum, Detroit, 2010
Afro-Carioca Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro, 2009
Harlem Stage, New York, 2009
Harlem Screening Series, New York, 2010
Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, 2010
POV Community Screenings, 2010
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Fledging Fund Award for Socially Conscious Documentaries
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Higher Education Institutions |
DVD |
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$225.00 |
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K-12, Public Libraries & Select Groups |
DVD |
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$59.95 |
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