Next Scheduled Update: 5 February 2007
DAY ONE - ALBERT LUTHULI: THE CHIEF - MPHUTHUMI NTABENI provides a brief view of the life of the first President of the African National Congress.
East London, SOUTH AFRICA - It is very easy to forget the real heroes of our struggle who actually smoothed the path for a democratic takeover in our country. There's also an irritating tendency with South Africa when it comes to political heroes, to discuss their sufferings and feelings at the expense of their ideas. Hence it is so easy to disregard what drove the thought and action of people like chief Albert Luthuli, the first president of the African National Congress, and led him to win a Nobel Peace Prize. ...READ MORE
ON FILM:: G21 Interviews: Spike Lee - Media Editor BRAD BALFOUR provides an unprecedent second interview for these pages of the auteur behind the acclaimed HBO documentary "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts."
New York, NY, USA - With a remarkable career that spans 20 films over 20 years, director Spike Lee has tackled one his biggest challenges - making "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts." This four-hour documentary details the lives of people affected by the disaster caused by Hurricane Katrina last year in New Orleans.
This natural catastrophe was made far worse by a series of cascading government ineptitudes by everyone from the local leaders to the national government. As a result, people died and thousands were made homeless. Days after the cataclysm, Spike contacted HBO's Sheila Nevins - who had financed his previous doc, "4 Little Girls," and said he wanted to make some kind of record of what was going on down there. ... READ MORE
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