MANDELA AND FIDEL / SOUTH AFRICA AND CUBA: AN EVENING WITH
FILM MAKER ESTELA BRAVO (Wed, 26 February, 6.30pm - Barratt One)
The Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), School
of Journalism and Media Studies, and the International Office cordially invite
you to a screening of two documentaries by acclaimed American documentary
film-maker Estela Bravo. We are
privileged to have Estela Bravo introduce and discuss the documentaries with us
at the screening.
"MANDELA AND FIDEL" (2013, 30 min) recounts the
friendship of ex-president Nelson Mandela with Fidel Castro of Cuba. Based on
the unique access Estela Bravo gained to both men, she explores the source of
their friendship in the context of the struggle to end apartheid in South
Africa.
"AFTER THE BATTLE" (1991, 58 min) movingly recounts
the stories of Cuban, South African, and Angolan soldiers who participated in
the epic battle of Cuito Cuanavale in Angola in 1987. What was the motivation,
and what was the outcome, for the ones who took part in the conflict, and for
their families? Those who fought answer these questions. Filmed on location
in South Africa, Angola, Namibia and Cuba, Bravo's documentary examines the
politics and human consequences of the war from all sides. It features
remarkable footage, archival material, and interviews with Cuban and South
African soldiers, as well as the grieving families of those who were killed in
the war.
