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Burning (The)

Burning (The)
Genre : Political
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 1967
Format : Mid-length
Running time : 30 (in minutes)
http://www.seagullfilms.com/Default.asp?Page=454

With South Africa's increasingly negative profile growing in the West, British filmmaker Stephen Frears chose to make his debut film a fantasy projection about the first day of revolution in South Africa. A very rare film by one of Britain's most acclaimed directors (Mrs Henderson Presents, The Queen).

Stephen Frears
1967, 30 minutes, 35mm.

Country of Production : UK


FESTIVALS

✮ 2011 - Anthology Film Archives (New York) - April 2011
* This screening is part of: UNITED WE STAND: SOUTH AFRICAN CINEMA DURING APARTHEID

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