London Recruits
Synopsis
In exile, ANC leader Oliver Tambo has a plan to re-organise a new underground. That will take time. Right now, he needs to get a message of hope to the oppressed millions inside South Africa.
Using apartheid’s prejudices against itself, he recruits white sympathisers from London to run underground missions into the heart of the racist state. He tasks Ronnie Kasrils, a charismatic young ANC fighter, with leading the London operation.
Ronnie’s recruits smuggle leaflets into the country to put in the mail. Through Joyce, a black journalist and ANC activist, we see leaflets reach individuals, but attempts to inspire a wider audience result in torture and imprisonment. No message of hope to millions.
In response, a secret propaganda weapon is invented – the leaflet bucket bomb. Despite dangers, Sean, Steve, Kathy and other young Londoners, volunteer to deploy them in South Africa. Spectacular explosions. Thousands of leaflets. No one is hurt and the message gets through. Success. Under pressure, Ronnie selects Sean for another mission. It’s a trap. Sean is now on death row.
Eye-witness testimony. Archive. Reconstruction.
Details
- Year
- 2022
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 100 min
- Format
- 4k, 2k
- Director
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Gordon Main
- Producer
- Gordon Main, Colin Charles, James Barratt, Jacintha de Nobrega, Felix Gill
- Co-Producer
- Jacintha de Nobrega
- Executive Producer
- Robyn Slovo, Geoff Arbourne
- Editor
- Collin Games, Justine Wright
- Screenwriter
- Gordon Main
- Director of Photography
- Gordon Main, Richard Lynch
- Production Designer
- Keith Maxwell, Tertius Swanepoel. Hamish Macleod
- Sound
- Nicholas Davies
- Composer
- Sion Trefor
- Principal cast
- Ronnie Kasrils, Sean Hosey, Steve Marsling, Joyce Sikkikane, Tumelo Nkwanca, Sechaba Rampele, Tom Evans, Mitchell Baggott, Alex Gwyther, Sam Medupe,
- Costume design
- Caroline Llewellyn, Zimasa Ndamase
- Hair Make up
- Jess Clarke
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Barefoot Rascals Ltd
PorterswellRoch
Haverfordwest
Pembrokeshire SA62 6JX
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