How Long (Must We Suffer…)?

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How Long (Must We Suffer…)? (1976) is a significant South African film directed by Gibson Kente, a Black artist. It is noted as the first major South African film made by a Black filmmaker. The film was created during the apartheid era, a period marked by official censorship, and used as a means of political commentary. Kente's work, alongside other films like A Dry White Season (1989), aimed to bring the realities of South African society and its political landscape to a wider audience.1

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…and filmmaker Gibson Kente directed How Long (Must We Suffer…)? (1976), the first major South African film made by a Black artist. A Dry White Season (1989), based on a novel by Brink, used a largely American cast to bring the harsh reality of apartheid to an international audience. Other…
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…and filmmaker Gibson Kente directed How Long (Must We Suffer…)? (1976), the first major South African film made by a Black artist. A Dry White Season (1989), based on a novel by Brink, used a largely American cast to bring the harsh reality of apartheid to an international audience. Other…
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