They Must Be Crazy

An Epic Comedy ... Of Absurd Proportions

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Creator

Greater New Haven Peace Council; Coalition Against Apartheid

Place Created

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Date

Undated, 1985?

Type of Item

Leaflet

Length/duration

1 page

Description

This leaflet about "The Gods Must Be Crazy" apparently was distributed outside a showing of the movie in New Haven. The leaflet asks people to sign a petition and write letters of protest to the theater and to the International Division of 20th Century Fox. The leaflet says: It's not 'The Gods (who) Must be Crazy' but Twentieth Century Fox and white South African producer/director/screenwriter Jamie Uys, primary movers of this racist, sexist film." It protests the portrayal of Black Africans as either primitive simpletons or incompetent, bloodthirsty buffoons, suggesting that Black rule would be disastrous. In fact, the world community has condemned apartheid as a "crime against humanity" and...

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Publisher

Coalition Against Apartheid; Greater New Haven Peace Council

Organization

Coalition Against Apartheid (Yale University)
US Peace Council

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of former members of the Coalition Against Apartheid.

Collection

Anti-Apartheid Materials (Jerry Herman collection)