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Cry Freedom

Cry Freedom. Group Members: Christina Pan Alice Erin. Background Information of Cry Freedom. Presenter: Christina Pan. Population: approx. 43,424,386 people Ethnic Groups: 75.2% black

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Cry Freedom

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  1. Cry Freedom Group Members: Christina Pan Alice Erin

  2. Background Information of Cry Freedom Presenter: Christina Pan

  3. Population: approx. 43,424,386 people Ethnic Groups: 75.2% black 13.6% white 8.6% colored (mixed race) 2.6% Indians Language: 11 official languages- English Afrikaans 9 African languages General Facts About South Africa

  4. Brief History of S.A-chronology of important events • 16 century- Portuguese ships landed at Table Bay. Bantu-speaking farmers and herdsmen establish trade with Europeans. • 1652- First permanent Dutch settled at Cape of Good Hope. • 1688- French Hughenoots begin to settle at the Cape • 1795- Britain seize control of the Cape • 1814-London Convention: Dutch formally cede Cape to British • 1836-40-Afrikaners migrate eastward. • 1948-76-Apartheid (種族隔離政策) • 1990-94-Dismantled apartheid

  5. Background Information of Afrikaners • 7% of the population in S.A • Ancestor: Dutch settlers • Most of them are farmers • Many Afrikaners’ forebears arrived in S.A in search of independence from government oppression. • Fought wars with Khoikhoi,Xhosa, and British armies to claim land. • Defeated in the Boer War • 1940 the National Party gained appeal among Afrikaners by emphasizing racial separation • Brought apartheid into all areas of social and economic life in S.A

  6. Separate and Unequal:education and jobs for the blacks • The concept of unequal allocation of resources was built into legislation on general facilities, education, and jobs. • The Reservation of Separate Amenities Act stated that all races should have separate amenities(福利設施). • The Extension of University Act prohibited blacks from attending white institutions and established separate schools for the blacks. • Black school had inferior facilities, teachers, and textbooks. • Certain works were reserved only for the whites. • Millions of black workers were unqualified for anything but the lowest-paid jobs.

  7. Background information of Steve Biko • Born on 18 December 1946, King Williams Town, Eastern Cape. • He was expelled from his first school for ‘anti-establishment’ behavior. • Transferred to a Roman Catholic boarding school in Natal. • Enrolled at the University of Natal Medical School. • One of the founders of the Black People Convention(BPC) working on social upliftment projects. • Elected as the president of BPC and was expelled from medical school. • Banned by the Apartheid government in 1973. • Arised ‘Black Consciousness’.

  8. Black Consciousness • Steve Biko argued that blacks often oppressed themselves by acceptong the second-class status accorded to them by the apartheid system, and he stressed that they had to liberate themselves mentally and physically. • He rejected the use of violence and emphasized that only nonviolent methods should be used in the struggle against apartheid.

  9. Historical Scenes In Cry Freedom • The raid on Crossroads squatter’s camp. • 1975 • An violent act to remove the black’s resident II. The Soweto student strike • 16th June, 1976 • The children of Soweto organized a march in protest being taught in Afrikaans and against the Bantu Education system • The police opened fired. • The government responded by banning the Black Consciousness Movement and many other political organizations.

  10. Media Matters Presenter : Erin Su

  11. Flashback --Flashback is used to take us back to the result of the actual inquest before the Woods escaping in January, 1978. #Crossroads squatters’ camp in 1975 meeting between Biko and Woods in 1975 Biko’s arrest and subsequent death on 12th, September, 1977Woods decided to force an inquest into Biko’s death Woods escaped to England to publish the book of Biko’s story --To rearrange the chronological sequence of events.

  12. Freeze framing --Drill key images into our brain, ensuring that certain signals of a central message are being received by the audience. --Also help to authenticate these images, as a historical scene. ex. the opening images; the approaching of the police cars

  13. Photo-journalistic techniques --telex messages ---these cues question about who these people are and about what is going on ---makes the whole event much more evident and convincing

  14. ---staggered zoom ---increase the tension, threaten, chaos, and panic ex. close ups of individuals caught up in the raid; the approaching vehicles; the screaming baby

  15. ---superimposed image of a telescope gunsight ---heightens the drama and immediacy of the attack, giving it an authentic feel ---create an air of chaos and panic ---has the similar function of staggered zoom

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