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Denis Goldberg, who was the only white man to be jailed with Nelson Mandela, has been dubbed ‘the forgotten Rivonia man.’ While Mandela and the other black Rivonia trialists were jailed together on Robben Island, Goldberg was sent to a whites-only jail in the shadow of the gallows at Pretoria Central, where he suffered twenty years of abuse from the white warders and fellow prisoners who branded him a traitor. This is his story.
Factuals: Biography and History Unit
When ancient Sanskrit and Tibetan texts were lost during the political turmoil of the 1950s and 1960s, the roadmap to enlightenment was in danger. Enter American Mormon E. Gene Smith, the unlikely rescuer of these insights from mankind’s early consciousness. We follow Smith on his journey to Asia to ensure the preservation of these texts.
Lunchbox Communications
This is the story of Thomas Kuya, a Maasai warrior brought up near Kilimanjaro in northern Tanzania and now working as a guide and a member of an anti-poaching unit on a private ranch. At 38 years of age, Thomas is about to go through the sacred ceremony of Olng’esher, which marks the transition from warrior to elder.
This series follows five children from Johannesburg as they embark on a year’s exchange programme at Stowe School in Buckinghamshire, UK. The Dominican Convent School offers a revolutionary educational model in the country by educating wealthy, poor and middle class side by side. In a country whose education system is in crisis, the school is providing much needed skills for those who would otherwise not receive a quality education.
Left Hand Films
Messolonghi is a small coastal town in western Greece, stigmatized by its historical past. Two diverse social groups live there, local Greeks and Gypsies. What binds the locals and the Gypsies together today is a, once a year, unique communal celebration, the feast of Saint Symeon, the city’s patron saint.
Avra Georgiou
Renowned for their beauty, Japanese gardens have been retreats for people to rediscover the natural world and themselves for more than 1,000 years. In a breathtaking journey we’ll reveal the secrets of both traditional and contemporary Japanese gardens including those of the legendary Moss Temple of Saiho-ji, Katsura Imperial Villa, Tenryu-ji, and Sogetsu Hall.
Denis Goldberg:
Sentenced With Mandela
1 x 60’, 2011, SD
A Different Country
4 x 60’, 2013, HD
Digital Dharma
1 x 60’ or 1 x 90’, 2012, HD
Dollars For A Saint
1 x 60’, 2013, HD
Studio C
Kajimavision, Toyko /Smithsonian Networks
Dream Window: Reflections On
The Japanese Garden
1 x 60’,1992, HD
Doubting Thomas
1 x 60’, 2004, SD
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