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Namibia: Independence Now!
Christine Choy & Pearl Bowser
Producer: Third World Newsreel
1985
Color
55 minutes
US/Namibia
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Namibia: Independence Now!

This moving film was shot inside refugee settlements in Zambia and Angola. It examines how exiled Namibians worked to free their country from illegal South African exploitation and prepare for their country's independence. It shows many aspects of their daily life in exile, especially the women, who were at the forefront of the independence struggle. It focuses on the activities of exiled Namibian independence leader General Toivo ya Toivo, filmed just weeks after his negotiated release from a South African prison.
"Technique for us is secondary. The people themselves have a rich life experience, a knowledge of history and their culture and community organization. And these people are far more qualified to make films than people who have learned their skills in a school."

-Christine Choy
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Reviews
"A revolutionary political moment is captured firsthand by two independent women filmmakers shooting inside refugee settlements in Zambia and Angola in 1985. Depicting the significant role of women in this struggle for independence, this film explores the lives of exiled women workers attempting to free their country from illegal exploitation." - Tell It Like It Is Film Series, Film Society of Lincoln Center
"Namibia: Independence Now! is an inspiring and eye-opening ode to resistance." - BAMcinematek
Screenings
• One Way or Another: Black Women's Cinema, BAMcinematek, 2016
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