Questions:
1)
In which
years does the story take place ?
The story takes place during the 70s.
The story takes place during the 70s.
2)
Which are the
names of the cities? Can you find then on a map?
King William’s town, Pretoria, Lesotto and Otswana.
Also Cape Town.
But the black zone was devastating, they weren’t
allowed even to live under good conditions, it was all dirty and the children
haven’t even what to wear, no good saint system, they were pushed to live like
animals.
King’s Williams Town os where Stephen Biko and Donald
Woods live. It’s located In the Easter Cape. Founded by sir Benjamin d’Urban.
Pretoria is located in the northeast part of Gauterng
province.
Botswana is located in southern Africa.
Cape Town is where Biko was going in the moment he got
arrested.
4)
What do you
think is the importance of the real story told in this film?
In my opinion
the solidarity that has Donald Woods with Biko’s people at that point that he
would risk everything that he had with no guaranty of success to help the
others and start a fight tha would give them freedom. Donald Woods had
everything: money, a good job, a good house, good position in society, he had
everything to be happy but he wasn’t because he couldn’t be knowing that others
were suffering.
5)
Name the
relevant characters, and find information about them.
Stephen Biko was one of the leaders who has had the movement against
the Apartheid law. He fought against this law until he got killed for his beliefs under police
custody.
Donald Woods is the journalist, editor and founder of
the East London’s daily dispatch who
made the impossible to publish the book about Stephen Biko after this one was
brutally murdered.
6)
What did you
learn in this film?
I learned that we have to help others to get the minimum
of happiness if we see them suffering even if we have a comfortable life. I learnt about the importance of solidarity
and also to fight for what I really want. Defend my beliefs until the death.
7)
Write English
words you heard in the film and you think they are important for the story:
I think the only word which deserves to be written
here is Apartheid, a racist word with a racist meaning.
A law against the rights of black people.
8)
What
nationalities are mentioned in the film? What do they have in common?
They are
mentioned South African people and British people, and what they have in common
is that some of them are fighting the Apartheid and others are fighting for it.
Activity 2:
1)
What does the
word ‘Apartheid’ mean? In what language?
Apartheid is a law against black people who was made
to take away of them their rights “legally”. They were treated as animals.
Apartheid is an African word which means racial
segregation.
2)
How were
people organized according to race in South Africa?
They were divided in two zones: the black people (the
keepers) and the white people (the Africans).
3)
What
countries are South Africans’ ancestors from? What ethnic groups are there?
What languages do they speak?
They are ancestors from the Europeans. There are the
black community and the Africans. They speak African and English.
4)
When did the
Apartheid become an official government
policy in South Africa?
Apartheid became an official government policy and law
in 1943 and it ended in 1994.
5)
What was the
purpose of Apartheid?
The purpose of Apartheid was to separate the inferior
class (the black people) from the white people.
6)
State of
emergency in the 80s.
7)
How and when
did the Apartheid end?
One important factor in the end of Apartheid was
pressure from the inside of the country? Members of the government began to
have doubts about the system, and several parties which were opposed to it also
began to grow in South Africa, starting in the 70s.
There was also a lot of external pressure especially
from western nations, some of them had extensive civil rights legislation.
South Africa also experienced immense economic
pressure to end the Apartheid. Many churches also applies pressure. Combined
with violent demonstrations from black people and white people supporting the
cause made the Apartheid end in 1994.
