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<blockquote type="cite" cite>From: Mabel Chin <mchin@MIT.EDU<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="+1"><b>The New South Africa
Twenty Years after Apartheid: Films, Discussions, and a Free
Book!</b></font><br>
<i>Christopher Capozzola</i><br>
<font size="-1">Participants welcome at individual sessions<b>
(series)</b></font><br>
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February 11, 1990 - Nelson Mandela walks free after 27 years in prison
& South Africa begins transitioning from apartheid to multiracial
democracy. This series honors the 20th anniversary of his release by
examining the social issues that confronted the "rainbow nation"
in the last two decades: healing past wounds in the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission; public health & the HIV/AIDS crisis;
urban landscape transformations after residential desegregation; and
resurgent xenophobia targeting recent immigrants from other
sub-saharan African countries. Please join us for this IAP series.<br>
Contact: Christopher Capozzola, E51-180, x2-4960, <a
href="mailto:capozzol@mit.edu">capozzol@mit.edu</a><br>
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<b>Forgiveness (2004)</b><br>
<i>Christopher Capozzola</i><br>
>From 1995-1998, South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission
offered a highly public scrutinity of crimes by the apartheid regime.
Forgiveness, a taut drama explores how a South African family and a
former South African police officer grapple with the burdens of memory
even after the TRC's work was done. A short lecture on the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission precedes the film with a post-film
discussion.<br>
<font size="-1">Wed Jan 20, 07-10:00pm, Room 5-217, see sessions for
details<br>
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<b>Tsotsi (2005)</b><br>
<i>Christopher Capozzola</i><br>
Tsotsi is an award-winning drama based on a novel by South African
writer Athol Fugard. Following a young orphan who joins a Johannesburg
street gang, the film chronicles the impact of inequality and HIV on
the lives of South Africa's children. The film will be preceded by a
short lecture on HIV in contemporary South Africa and a post-film
discussion.<br>
<font size="-1">Thu Jan 21, 07-10:00pm, Room 3-133, see sessions for
details<br>
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<b>Book Discussion - With a Free Book! Phaswane Mpe, Welcome to Our
Hillbrow (2001)</b><br>
<i>Christopher Capozzola</i><br>
A most interesting short novels from post-apartheid South Africa, set
in Hillbrow, a diverse & tumultuous residential neighborhood in
Johannesburg. In the words of the author, "everything is
there...." Free copy to 1st 12 MIT student/faculty/staff w/ MIT
ID who sign up. See <a
href="http://web.mit.edu/history/www">http://web.mit.edu/history/www</a
>. Also on reserve at the Humanities Library and available at local
libraries, bookstores, & online booksellers.<br>
<font size="-1">Wed Jan 27, 05-07:00pm, Room 4-249, see sessions for
details<br>
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<b>District Nine (2009)</b><br>
<i>Christopher Capozzola</i><br>
Sci-fi hit District Nine tells the story of forced removal of aliens
terrorizing the slums of 21st-century Johannesburg, and uses conflicts
over an alien "prawn" species to explore undocumented African
migration and the lingering legacies of apartheid-era urban
surveillance & forced removal. A short lecture on migration
politics in contemporary South Africa precedes the film w/ a post-film
discussion.<br>
<font size="-1">Wed Jan 27, 07-10:00pm, Room 4-231</font></blockquote>
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