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- Summary: This fourth of six stories traces the complex and fascinating story of the anti-apartheid movement in one of South Africa's most important superpower allies, the United States. (Clarity Films)
- Director: Connie Field
- Genre(s): Documentary
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90A triumph of maximalist filmmaking. And you won't look at your watch once.
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80The running time may make you blanch, but Connie Field's seven-part documentary about the history and eventual dissolution of South African apartheid is well worth the commitment.
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80Comprising seven individual films with a cumulative running time of more than 8 1/2 hours, Have You Heard From Johannesburg (the title comes from a Gil Scott-Heron song) naturally will find a more receptive home on television and home video, but New York's Film Forum, presenting it in three parts, is to be commended for giving the series its world theatrical premiere.