Abstract
An emotional journey through the abyss of the apartheid era, this program explores the cruel realities and implications of institutionalized racial categorization. Viewers learn the story of Sandra Laing, who, although she was born to white Afrikaner parents, developed the skin color and facial features of a black African through a quirk of genetics. By the time she was a teenager, Sandra had been officially designated as “colored,” cut off from her family, and expelled from white society. Marked by imprisonment and domestic abuse as well as some semblance of reconciliation and closure, Laing’s saga inspires not only outrage but also far-reaching questions about racial identity and classification.
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Contributors
Cloake, Jacqueline (Narrator), Court, Georgia (Videographer), Mxhaka, Jabulani (Sound), Meybridge, Catrherine (Editor), McHugh, Sam (Editor), Attwell, Michael (Producer), Attwell, Michael (Director), Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm) (Distributor), Films Media Group, Memory Archives Programmes (Firm)
Duration
00:47:15 (HH:MM:SS)
Language:
English
Target or Intended Audience
Higher education
Copyright Holder
| Name | Films Media Group (Firm) |
| Role | Publisher |
| Telephone | 800-257-5126 |
| Address | 200 Metro Blvd. Suite 124 Hamilton, NJ 08619 |
| [email protected] |
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