The Gordimer Stories:
In her novels--Burger's Daughter, July's People--and her numerous short stories, South African writer Nadine Gordimer reveals the intricate ways in which racism perverts even the most intimate of relationships. Seven of Gordimer's stories have been made into short films for distribution abroad by South African filmmakers and crews working somewhat clandestinely and in collaboration with Gordimer herself. New York Times critic Vincent Canby writes of this series, “What is being served in this program is a quality of mind that is most completely and gracefully revealed in Miss Gordimer's prose.... (S)he is an artist first and a polemicist second but, because she is such a marvelous writer, her political points are all the more devastating.”
Nadine Gordimer Interview
In an interview with Joachim Braun, Gordimer talks about the origins of her art and politics. (30 mins, Narrated by Joachim Braun)

Country Lovers
A haunting tale about the love between a white farmer's son and the daughter of a black farm worker. The innocence of their youthful affair is eroded with age as they come to realize the full power of the Immorality Act, which destroys them both from within and without. Directed by Manie van Rensburg. Written by Nadine Gordimer. With Ryno Hattingh, Nomse Nene. (60 mins.)

Six Feet of the Country
“A young (white) couple from Johannesburg, in an effort to save their marriage, buy a cottage in the country. Instead of finding peace, however, they find that the country divides them even further as the young wife becomes involved in the efforts of a black laborer to give his brother, a refugee from Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, a proper funeral.” Vincent Canby. Directed by Lynton Stephenson. Written by Barney Simon, based on the story by Nadine Gordimer. (30 mins.)

City Lovers
In the written version, Country Lovers and City Lovers are presented as a two-part story; both deal with a white man and a black woman whose love is destroyed by the Immorality Act. Here, it is imposed on them by neighbors who diligently report them to the authorities. The wretched end to their affair is all the more so since Gordimer takes pains to develop the fragility of this relationship between a self-sufficient, middle-aged geologist and a supermarket cashier who is impressed by his worldliness. Directed and Written by Barney Simon, based on the story by Nadine Gordimer. With Joe Stewardson, Denise Newman. (60 mins.)