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The Question of Namibia (1981-07-17)
About this film
Father Kalangula's organization in South West Africa (a/k/a Namibia) had won an internationally observed democratic election against the Soviet client group, SWAPO (the South West Africa People's Organization) but faced now the opposition of the Soviet-leaning forces in the UN. Father Kalangula makes an impressive and moving case for his side, as in this reply to the examiner*, Aryeh Neier: "You said how it would be difficult for political parties to be in prison during the election. I think it is even harder when you have [two] political organizations, one has a military wing and one has not, and when your supporters are being subjected to murders and abductions--that is even worse."
Directors & creators
Southern Educational Communications Association
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, William F. Buckley Jr., Peter Kalangula, Aryeh Neier, Namibia, South West Africa, South West Africa People's Organization, SWAPO, United Nations, Cold War, decolonization, independence movements, international relations, political violence, democratization
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