Allan Boesak: Choosing for Justice (1984)
Title
Allan Boesak: Choosing for Justice (1984)
Subject
Biographical films
Documentary films
URL
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Description
Content description from Worldcat (https://www.worldcat.org/title/allan-boesak-choosing-for-justice/oclc/944219432):
Allan Boesak is a young minister in the colored branch of the segregated Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa. He is also the president of the 70 million member World Alliance of Reformed Churches, and in 1983 helped found the United Democratic Front (UDF) to work against Apartheid for a free, united and democratic South Africa. He wants the Church to be an agent of change and liberation, and worked successfully to have Apartheid declared a heresy by the World Alliance. This documentary presents a biographical profile of Boesak and also his views in a candid interview. Includes archival film-clips showing the struggle against Apartheid, and comments by friends and supporters such as Beyers NaudeĢ.
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Allan Boesak is a young minister in the colored branch of the segregated Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa. He is also the president of the 70 million member World Alliance of Reformed Churches, and in 1983 helped found the United Democratic Front (UDF) to work against Apartheid for a free, united and democratic South Africa. He wants the Church to be an agent of change and liberation, and worked successfully to have Apartheid declared a heresy by the World Alliance. This documentary presents a biographical profile of Boesak and also his views in a candid interview. Includes archival film-clips showing the struggle against Apartheid, and comments by friends and supporters such as Beyers NaudeĢ.
Ephemera: none available
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
Allan Boesak (himself)
James Earl Jones (narrator)
Hugo Cassirer and Nadine Gordimer (directors, producers, and writers)
Li-Shin Yu (editor)
Joseph Lelyveld (interviewer)
Publisher
Felix Films
Zebra Pictures
Date
1984 October (released)
Citation
“Allan Boesak: Choosing for Justice (1984),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed April 26, 2024, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/380.