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Forest Whitaker is THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Forest Whitaker is THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND

Idi Amin is a daunting subject for a feature film, but Forest Whitaker played the former Ugandan dictator’s charismatic side as well as the murderous rages into which he could erupt at any moment. When I spoke with him on October 6, 2006, that was the first thing I asked him about before moving on… Read More »

Tagged With: Africa, African history, book to screen, cinema, dictator, drama, Forest Whitaker, forgiveness, Giles Foden, history, Idi Amin, movie, narrative, novel, Oscar-winning performance, Uganda

Connie Field Asks HAVE YOU HEARD FROM JOHANNESBURG? APARTHEID AND THE CLUB OF THE WEST

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Connie Field Asks HAVE YOU HEARD FROM JOHANNESBURG? APARTHEID AND THE CLUB OF THE WEST

Connie Field started from scratch in putting together her six-part documentary, HAVE YOU HEARD FROM JOHANNESBURG. Undaunted, she set about assembling an archive of first-person narratives about apartheid at home and abroad in South Africa. When we spoke on October 30, 2007, she discussed how the 2000+ hours of interviews and footage would be made available to scholars,… Read More »

Tagged With: Africa, African history, apartheid, boycott, Connie Field, documentary, Johannesburg, mini-series, oral history, PBS, racism, social justice, South Africa, witness to history, world history

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