Liliesleaf Farm Mayibuye: In Search of the Spectres of History
Synopsis
Liliesleaf Farm, located in Rivonia South Africa, was the headquarters of the military wing of the African National Congress, (‘Umkhonto we Sizwe') in the early 1960s. Nelson Mandela lived at Liliesleaf under an alias. ‘Operation Mayibuye’ was an ANC undercover campaign of sabotage intended to bring down the apartheid government.
Ideas for the film originated with 8mm film footage and photographs of
Gaal-Holmes’ immigrant family at Liliesleaf. Her German and Hungarian parents had recently moved to settle in South Africa, and Liliesleaf became their family home for a short time in the late 1960s.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Experimenta Strand - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2016
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 10 mins
- Format
- 8mm, 16mm
- Director
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Patti Gaal-Holmes
- Editor
- Patti Gaal-Holmes
- Screenwriter
- Patti Gaal-Holmes
- Composer
- Emily Barker
- Archival Material
- Gaál family archive and Liliesleaf Museum
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
UK, South Africa coproduction
Supported by Arts Council England and residencies at the Hosking Houses
Trust (UK) and the Nirox Foundation (South Africa).Itinerant Films
Patti Gaal-HolmesSales Company
c/o Itinerant Films
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