Uprize!

Sifiso Khanyile’s Uprize! revisits South Africa’s Soweto Uprising, which began as a student rebellion against racist language rules in schools and became a founding moment in the history of anti-apartheid struggle. Khanyile has remarked, “I didn’t want to show black people running away from the police, fallen bodies on the ground. I wanted to show people fighting back, running towards the camera and the police.” For critic Hakeem Adam, he succeeds, revealing the “ingenuity, creativity and unapologetic resistance” of the African youth movement.