Paths to Freedom

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Paths to Freedom (2014)

Directed by Richard Pakleppa

“The story of the birth of Namibia's armed struggle against South Africa”

Documentary · 1h 30m

In Paths to Freedom, veterans of Namibia's liberation struggle tell how they formed OPC (Ovamboland People's Congress), OPO (Ovamboland People's Organisation) and SWAPO (South West African Peoples Organisation) to fight to an end to the cruelties of contract labour and to demand the withdrawal of South Africa from Namibia. Told against the contexts of the United Nations' responsibility for Namibia and the Winds of Change sweeping across Africa in the 1950s and 1960s, the film tracks the many journeys Namibians undertook to campaign for freedom and finally launch the armed struggle at Omugulugwombashe on August 26, 1966

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Cast

J
Johannes 'Chops' Tshoopara Self - Narrator
S
Sam Nujoma Self - Founding President
H
Hifikepunye Pohamba Self - President
A
Andimba Toivo ya Toivo
M
Mzee Kaukungwa
H
Helao Shityuwete
K
Kambo Shixungileeni
B
Ben Amathila
G
Gerson Veii
P
Philemon Shuuya Castro
L
Lahya Iyambo
J
Justina Amalwa

Crew

Director
Richard Pakleppa
Editor
Khalid Shamis, Catherine Meyburgh

Details

Release date
2014-07-27
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English, Kuanyama
Countries
Namibia
Production
On Land Productions, Namibian Broadcasting Corporation