The propaganda films of apartheid-era South Africa | The Listening Post (Feature)
In 1973, a ground-breaking film, Joe Bullet, was screened – for the very first time – at the Eyethu Cinema in Soweto. It was the first South African-produced film with a black action hero and an all-black cast. Benjamin Cowley, the CEO of Gravel Road Productions, described the film as “unique” because “at the height […]
