[bioundgrd] The New South Africa Twenty Years after Apartheid: Films, Discussions, and a Free Book!

[Janice Chang]

>From: Mabel Chin <mchin at MIT.EDU
>
>The New South Africa Twenty Years after Apartheid: Films, 
>Discussions, and a Free Book!
>Christopher Capozzola
>Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
>
>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.
>Contact: Christopher Capozzola, E51-180, x2-4960, 
><mailto:capozzol at mit.edu>capozzol at mit.edu
>
>Forgiveness (2004)
>Christopher Capozzola
>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.
>Wed Jan 20, 07-10:00pm, Room 5-217, see sessions for details
>
>Tsotsi (2005)
>Christopher Capozzola
>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.
>Thu Jan 21, 07-10:00pm, Room 3-133, see sessions for details
>
>Book Discussion - With a Free Book! Phaswane Mpe, Welcome to Our 
>Hillbrow (2001)
>Christopher Capozzola
>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 <http://web.mit.edu/history/www>http://web.mit.edu/history/www. 
>Also on reserve at the Humanities Library and available at local 
>libraries, bookstores, & online booksellers.
>Wed Jan 27, 05-07:00pm, Room 4-249, see sessions for details
>
>District Nine (2009)
>Christopher Capozzola
>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.
>Wed Jan 27, 07-10:00pm, Room 4-231
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