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Amazwi Wethu

Exploring the Possibilities of Cinema as a Solidarity-Forging Tool

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Visualise this: high-school student activists checking batteries, cameras, microphones, memory cards, sound gear…negotiating access to schools, homes, streets, soccer stadiums…running around, following characters with microphone and camera, trying to get ‘the shot’ in Khayelitsha’s2 crowded worlds.

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Paramoer, E., Pottier, L. (2017). Amazwi Wethu. In: Kotze, A.v., Walters, S. (eds) Forging Solidarity. International Issues in Adult Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-923-2_13

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