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'End of the Dialogue (Phelandaba) ' is a 1970 documentary film made by five black South African expatriate members of the Pan-Africanist Congress and London film students who wanted to document Apartheid in South Africa.

The Road to Democracy in South Africa: Vol 2, South African Democracy Education Trust, Unisa Press.
Because of South Africa's restrictive laws governing what could be photographed, the film had to be shot clandestinely and smuggled out of the country. It was edited and released in England.[http://icarusfilms.com/new2003/log.html "End of the Dialogue," Icarus Films (accessed 10 February 2017).]




The film caused an uproar when it was originally released in 1970. It was released worldwide and also screened on television in many countries, including the U.S., U.K. and New Zealand."Parliamentary Debates," New Zealand Parliament House of Representatives, p3358. The film is valuable as not only a record of history, but also a record of how little the outside world understood about what was happening in apartheid South Africa. The London Observer called it, "the most successful act of clandestine subversion against apartheid for years."

Awards



1970 Catholic Film Workers Prize


Golden Dove Award, 1970 Leipzig Film Festival (Germany)


Golden Squirrel Award, Netherlands Film Institute


Inter-Film Jury Prize and the Volkshoch-Schule Jury Prize, 1970 Oberhausen Film Festival (Germany)


1970 Moscow Film Festival


1971 Emmy Award


2003 African Studies Association Conference Film Festival

References




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