You Have Struck a Rock! (1981)

You Have Struck A Rock! commemorates the special contribution of South African women to the success of the anti-apartheid struggle. It recovers the remarkable "women's campaigns" of the 1950s against the hated pass system. This massive, non-violent civil disobedience movement was only finally crushed by the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre and the banning of anti-apartheid 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."

Released Jan. 1, 1981 28 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Short

Keywords: tmdb.police-brutality, tmdb.feminism, tmdb.south-africa, tmdb.sexism, tmdb.racism, tmdb.colonialism, tmdb.women-s-rights + 7 more, mdblist.imdb-short, tmdb.anti-apartheid, imdb.apartheid, imdb.civil-disobedience, imdb.south-africa, imdb.nonviolence, aspectratio.1-33-1