Daniel Riesenfeld
Directing
Known For
A documentary overview and ideological critique of the South African film industry and cinema's historical relationship with apartheid.
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
N!xau (G/qa'o), the star of The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980), is visited in 1990 and shortly before his death in 2003; the way he and his fellow San (Bushmen) people live is not the idyllic lifestyle portrayed in the 1980 film.
Journey to Nyae Nyae
Lana Wilson has trouble in school because of racist discrimination, but at first, her parents don't believe her.
Shipley St.
Filmmaker Don Amis was one of the very few Black student filmmakers at UCLA (including Carroll Parrott Blue and Denise Bean) working in a documentary mode. In this film, preparations, parade and performances from the Craft and Folk Art Museum’s annual Festival of Mask illustrate L.A.’s diverse racial and ethnic communities (African, Asian, Latin American) expressing themselves through a shared traditional form.