Have you heard from Johannesburg. [Part 6], The bottom line / Clarity Films presents a Connie Field film ; produced and directed by Connie Field ; writers, Connie Field, Gregory Scharpen.

"This is the story of the first-ever international grassroots campaign to successfully use economic pressure to help bring down a government. Recognizing the apartheid regime's dependence on its financial connections to the West, citizens all over the world, from employees of Polaroid to a General M...

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Corporate Authors: Clarity Educational Productions
Clarity Films (Firm) (Production company)
Other Authors: Field, Connie (independent filmmaker.)
Scharpen, Gregory (Screenwriter)
Woodard, Alfre, 1953- (Narrator)
Hurwitz, Tom (director of photography.)
Boekelheide, Todd (composer (expression))
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English, with optional English captions.
Published: [Berkeley, Calif.] : Clarity Educational Productions, [2010]
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Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (86 min.)) : sound, color with black and white sequences
Variant Title:
Bottom line
Bottom line, 1965-1990
Format: Electronic Video
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"This is the story of the first-ever international grassroots campaign to successfully use economic pressure to help bring down a government. Recognizing the apartheid regime's dependence on its financial connections to the West, citizens all over the world, from employees of Polaroid to a General Motors director, from student account-holders in Barclay's Bank to consumers who boycott Shell gas, all refuse to let business with South Africa go on as usual. Boycotts and divestment campaigns bring the anti-apartheid movement into the lives and communities of people around the world, helping everyday people understand and challenge Western economic support for apartheid. Faced with attacks at home and growing chaos in South Africa, international companies pull out in a mass exodus, causing a financial crisis in the now-isolated South Africa and making it clear that the days of the apartheid regime are numbered"--Container.
Note:Originally released as part of a documentary series in 2010.
Call Number:DT1757 .H389 2010 Online
Credits:Editor, Gregory Scharpen ; cinematographer, Tom Hurwitz ; composer, Todd Boekelheide.
System Details:Streaming video file.
Participant or Performer:
Narrator: Alfre Woodard.
Source of Description:
Description based on videodisc (DVD) version record.