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Original Language:English
You Have Struck a Rock
28 minDocumentary
You Have Struck A Rock commemorates the special contribution of South African women to the success of the antiapartheid struggle It recovers the remarkable womens campaigns of the 1950s against the hated pass system This massive nonviolent civil disobedience movement was only finally crushed by the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre and the banning of antiapartheid organizations Lilian Ngoyi Helen Joseph Dora Tamana and other leaders recall this struggle and their imprisonment and banning Yet they remain undaunted demonstrating the South African proverb When you have touched a woman you have struck a rock