Lieza Louw

Like Shooting Sardines In A Barrel

Lieza Louw

In South Africa, as in the rest of the world, students are recognized as change agents. When the Apartheid government proposed a bill to enforce separate universities for blacks and whites. Students and staff from WITS university staged the first ever academic protest march. This film focuses on the anti-apartheid protests at WITS from 1957-1987. The documentary situates these events within the historical and political context of South Africa at the time.