London Recruits is an important award-winning anti-apartheid film to help promote this November.
The latest episode of the podcast Union Dues calls for trade unionists to help promote a new film, London Recruits, which won Best Documentary 2024 at Joburg Film Festival, about part of the secret war against South African apartheid.
Find out more on Wikipedia about London Recruits (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Recruits_(film)): a docu-drama “inspired by the true story of how the ANC recruited volunteers in Britain in the 1960s and 70s, at the height of apartheid, to travel to South Africa for undercover missions. The film features interviews with surviving recruits, ANC Comrades and South African security forces, interspersed with archive footage and dramatic reenactments”.
London Recruits film website: https://www.londonrecruits.com
What you can do
Help get the film screened during the UK-wide “people’s release” for one week, beginning Friday 22 November, in cinemas the length and breadth of the country. (Early partners include the GFTU and Morning Star.)
Get Involved in the UK People’s Release! Fill in this form and we will get in touch:
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There is a book published in 2012 of the same name (http://www.londonrecruits.org.uk), and a downloadable teachers’ lesson pack NEU London Recruits Teachers Pack (http://www.londonrecruits.org.uk/index.php/articles/105-national-education-union-london-recruits-teachers-pack) fitting in with the true history of the British Empire and its role in promoting racism. Download here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zKNQoDzcp9gxXo-
