SABC TV 20 YEARS - the untold story Kevin Harris 2015-10-20 | Produced by Kevin Harris in 1996, on the 20th Anniversary of SABC, TV, the documentary "SABC TV 20 YEARS - the untold story" looks at the start up of television in South Africa in 1976 and the manner in which it was directly controlled by the Nationalist Party Government to propagate Apartheid ideology.
Comrades KZN 2025 - the ultimate human race - Promo (coming 8th June 2025 - 98th running) Kevin Harris 2024-09-03 | On 8th June 2025 once again some 15 000 local and international everyday heroes will line up for the 98th running of the KZN Comrades Marathon - the ultimate human race. Currently in production - the build-up to capture the "soul" of this - the internationally acknowledged greatest long distance race of them all - for broadcast 1st June 2025 on SABC TV 2 @ 21.30.
Filming Robben Island 1991 - Backstory - (Posted 2023) Kevin Harris / Peter Tischhauser Kevin Harris 2023-09-24 | Filming Robben Island - 1991 - BackstoryKevin & Peter go to Robben Island
Remembering Stephen McGowan, Yolande & Pierre Korkie & Dr Imtiaz Sooliman - ( Kevin Harris - 2018 ) Kevin Harris 2023-06-24 | ...
Remember Philip Kgosana - A Tribute to a great South African - 4 35 Kevin Harris 2023-05-25 | Philip Kgosana Drive, Devil's Peak Estate - Cape TownOn Thursday 12 October 2017, Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille unveiled De Waal Drive as Philip Kgosana Drive.The road was originally named after Nicolaas de Waal, the first administrator of the Cape Province who initiated the Road's construction. De Waal Drive is set against, Table Mountain and is the main highway leading out of the City towards Cape Town International Airport and the Southern Suburbs.The proposal for renaming the road came from Cape Times Editor Tony Heard, who was present at the protest on March 30, 1960. This protest was led by Philip Kgosana, who was then, only 23 Years old. Thousands of people followed him from Langa to Parliament. Protestors marched about 12 km via De Waal Drive into the City to protest against the "pass laws" & the Sharpeville Massacre. Kgosana was arrested and within a week the Apartheid Government declared a state of the Nation emergency and banned the African National Congress and the PAC driving their movements underground and into militarisation. Out on bail, Philip Kgosana went into exile for 37 years only able to return to South Africa with the unbanning of the PAC and transition to democracy in 1990 / 1994.Philip Kgosana died on April 19, 2017 aged 80 after a short illness. "Remember Philip Kgosana" !!!
Philip Kgosana - A Tribute Kevin Harris 2023-05-25 | Philip Kgosana Drive, Devil's Peak Estate - Cape TownOn Thursday 12 October 2017, Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille unveiled De Waal Drive as Philip Kgosana Drive.The road was originally named after Nicolaas de Waal, the first administrator of the Cape Province who initiated the Road's construction. De Waal Drive is set against, Table Mountain and is the main highway leading out of the City towards Cape Town International Airport and the Southern Suburbs.The proposal for renaming the road came from Cape Times Editor Tony Heard, who was present at the protest on March 30, 1960. This protest was led by Philip Kgosana, who was then, only 23 Years old. Thousands of people followed him from Langa to Parliament. Protestors marched about 12 km via De Waal Drive into the City to protest against the "pass laws" & the Sharpeville Massacre. Kgosana was arrested and within a week the Apartheid Government declared a state of the Nation emergency and banned the African National Congress and the PAC driving their movements underground and into militarisation. Out on bail, Philip Kgosana went into exile for 37 years only able to return to South Africa with the unbanning of the PAC and transition to democracy in 1990 / 1994.Philip Kgosana died on April 19, 2017 aged 80 after a short illness. "Remember Philip Kgosana" !!!
No Middle Road To Freedom Kevin Harris 2023-05-23 | No Middle Road To FreedomOn Thursday December 9th, 1982 South African Defence Force Commandos attack Maseru, killing 42 civilians & African National Congress exiles.Five months later, on Friday May 20th, 1983 the African National Congress detonates a 50 kg car-bomb in Pretoria killing 19 and injuring 217 people.Overall the picture is one of potentially escalating civil war as prophetic voices against the inevitable violent outcome of the apartheid system continue to go unheeded.In the words of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Bishop Desmond Tutu addressing the Maseru Massacre commemoration service held by the black community in Soweto on 16th December 1982:“There are only two roads to freedom in South Africa – and there is no “middle road” – there are only two options – we either talk or we fight!And I am still saying to the South African Government: ‘we want to help you to talk’ – because there is absolutely nothing that can be done to stop us from being free !”Set against the backdrop of the commemoration service held by the black community of Soweto to mourn the victims of the Maseru onslaught & to commemorate all those that have died in the struggle for liberation in South Africa.“NO MIDDLE ROAD TO FREEDOM” - produced by independent South African Filmmaker Kevin Harris in 1984 - includes an intimate interview with Winnie Mandela banned & banished by the regime to Brandfort in the Orange Free State.The documentary further gives expression to the collective outrage of the oppressed majority and reflects on the increasing violent tensions in a polarised South African community – with the White status quo – the victims of a mass deception propagated by the regime - basking in comfortable ignorance of the violent realities of the South African situation while the oppressed black majority struggle for liberation from the oppression of Apartheid.(Previously banned by the Apartheid regime.Re-released February 2023)
Two South Africans - Marcello Fiasconaro 1973 / Hezekiel Sepeng 1996. Produced by Kevin Harris -2018 Kevin Harris 2022-10-06 | On the 24th April 1973 Marcello Fiasconaro – the wonder-boy from Cape Town – equaled the South African record for the 800 meters.Two months later, on the 27th June 1973 – at age 24 – he broke the world record for the 800 meters in Milan, Italy.A legend in his lifetime & revered in Italy, Marcello’s world record for the 800 meters stood for ten years.His Italian record for the 800 meters still stands today.Marcello’s South African record stood for 25 years and was finally broken on the world stage a generation later - by Hezekiel Sepeng at age 22 heading a new wave of South African athletes.On the 1st August 1996, Hezekiel Sepeng, became the first Black South African ever - representing his country South Africa – to win an Olympic medal when he took silver in the 800 meters at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.For Hezekiel - the young farm boy from Boskop – his triumph was the euphoric climax to a determination & destiny that saw his brilliance on the track win hearts & minds and overturn entrenched racist prejudice.For South Africa his triumph brought confirmation of a new dawn where black and white athletes could finally compete on the world stage as South Africans representing their country - the new free & democratic South Africa.Two South Africans is the combined life’s journey of Marcello Fiasconaro and Hezekiel Sepeng – two South African world champions - told against the tortured backdrop of South Africa’s begrudging & grinding climb from the dark days of Apartheid to the afterglow of a new free and democratic post-1994 South Africa.
The late accomplished Horseman & Thoroughbred Trainer Buddy Maroun - a tribute - 2004 [Kevin Harris] Kevin Harris 2021-06-30 | A tribute to the late accomplished South African Horseman & Thoroughbred Trainer Kevin "Buddy" Maroun who passed away at age 51 in 2008 in tragic circumstances in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The National Field Band Championships - Turffontein Race Course - 2007 [Kevin Harris] Kevin Harris 2021-06-30 | The National Field Band Championships of 2007 hosted by Phumalela at Turffontein Race Course.
Education - A Basic Human Right - [ Vision / Commitment with Democracy ] Kevin Harris - 1992 Kevin Harris 2021-06-30 | An analysis by educationists on the state of education in South Africa with the approach of democracy in 1992 and a detailed statement of commitment by the ANC to transform the education sector providing equal education for all.
Deliverance - Ep 4 Education in SA - the status / way forward - 1994 - [Kevin Harris] Kevin Harris 2021-06-29 | Episode 4 in the 4 x part documentary series on the status of education and the way forward with democracy in 1994.
Liberation ... now education - Ep 3 Ed in SA - the status / way forward - 1994 - [Kevin Harris] Kevin Harris 2021-06-29 | Episode 3 in the 4 x part documentary series on the status of education and the way forward with democracy in 1994.
The busses are coming - Ep 2 Education in SA - the status / way forward - 1994 - [Kevin Harris] Kevin Harris 2021-06-29 | Episode 2 in the 4 x part documentary series on the status of education and the way forward with democracy in 1994.
Our Children Our Future - Ep 1 Education in SA - the status / way forward - 1994 - [Kevin Harris] Kevin Harris 2021-06-29 | Episode 1 in the 4 x part documentary series on the status of education and the way forward with democracy in 1994.
Prof Tim Noakes - what it takes to be a Jockey - with Gavin Lerena & Musi Yeni [Kevin Harris] 2013 Kevin Harris 2021-06-29 | Internationally renowned Exercise Science & Sports Medicine academic Professor Tim Noakes highlights what it takes physically, mentally & emotionally to be a Jockey.
Gary Player - World Champion Golfer & Thoroughbred Racehorse Breeder - 2011 [Kevin Harris] Kevin Harris 2021-06-28 | World Champion Golfer & Thoroughbred Racehorse Breeder Gary Player talks about his love of golf & horses. Filmed at his starkly beautiful thoroughbred ranch at Agtertang in the Karoo in 2011.
Lisa Prestwood - first SA woman jockey - A Tribute - Kevin Harris - 2003 Kevin Harris 2021-06-25 | A special tribute to trail-blazing South African woman jockey Lisa Prestwood - the first woman jockey in South Africa.For any young woman, a career as a jockey in South Africa is a difficult and courageous choice.But there was a time - not so long ago - when it was not even an option - when women were refused entry to the Jockey Academy of South Africa.The first courageous woman to effectively break down the door of prejudice when refused entry to the Summerveld Academy in 1985 was Lisa Prestwood. It took Lisa twelve years but on her first engagement in South Africa at Gosforth Park Race Course on 3rd August 1997 Lisa changed the course of history when - out of her three rides - she rode two winners & one second. And that was just the beginning .... this is her story.Her story is updated in 2013 on the video posted as "Women Jockeys" - Episodes 1 & 2.
Women Jockeys Ep 2 - A Tribute by Kevin Harris - 2013 Kevin Harris 2021-06-24 | Featuring South African woman jockeys Lisa Prestwood, Denise Lee & the late Australian woman jockey Simone Montgomery.For any young woman, a career as a jockey in South Africa is a difficult and courageous choice.But there was a time - not so long ago - when it was not even an option - when women were refused entry to the Jockey Academy of South Africa.The first courageous woman to effectively break down the door of prejudice when refused entry to the Summerveld Academy in 1985 was Lisa Prestwood. It took Lisa twelve years but on her first engagement in South Africa at Gosforth Park Race Course on 3rd August 1997 Lisa changed the course of history when - out of her three rides - she rode two winners & one second. And that was just the beginning .... this is her story.
Women Jockeys - Ep 1 - A Tribute by Kevin Harris - 2013 Kevin Harris 2021-06-24 | Featuring South African woman jockeys Lisa Prestwood, Denise Lee & the late Australian woman jockey Simone Montgomery.For any young woman, a career as a jockey in South Africa is a difficult and courageous choice.But there was a time - not so long ago - when it was not even an option - when women were refused entry to the Jockey Academy of South Africa.The first courageous woman to effectively break down the door of prejudice when refused entry to the Summerveld Academy in 1985 was Lisa Prestwood. It took Lisa twelve years but on her first engagement in South Africa at Gosforth Park Race Course on 3rd August 1997 Lisa changed the course of history when - out of her three rides - she rode two winners & one second. And that was just the beginning .... this is her story.
Ep 2 - A tribute to Champion South African Jockey Piere Strydom - Produced by Kevin Harris in 2013 Kevin Harris 2021-06-11 | Episode 2 of 2 - A tribute to Champion South African Jockey Piere Strydom.Produced by Kevin Harris in 2013.
Ep 1 - A Tribute to Champion South African Jockey Piere Strydom - Produced by Kevin Harris - 2013 Kevin Harris 2021-06-11 | Episode 1 of 2 - A Tribute to Champion South African Jockey Piere Strydom - Produced by Kevin Harris - 2013
Aunty Elsie - turned 100 Saturday 15th May 2021 - playing for guests at her 100th celebration. Kevin Harris 2021-05-17 | Aunty Elsie - my late mother Joyce's eldest sister - turned 100 this Saturday 15th May 2021 - here playing on her 100th birthday for guests at her birthday celebration ... an inspiration ... or what ?
Night Train - (2024) - 8 min promo Kevin Harris 2020-11-13 | Promo for the production NIGHT TRAIN - 2024Based on the writing & research of Professor Charles van Onselen.It is estimated some 5 million Mozambican migrant workers were ferried on the WNLA (Witwatersrand Native Labour Association) “night trains” that ran between the Johannesburg Goldfields and Mozambique. From 1901, in a naked exchange of rail service for human service African boys & men from the Sul do Save in Southern Mozambique were sold by the Portuguese to the SA Colonial mining houses, and the “night train” was born. Returning home from the mines on the “night train”, was often a mass evacuation of the living dead and walking wounded. Black miners were often ‘found dead’ at various points en route. Anonymous corpses removed from the train were passed on to the District Surgeon - diseased lungs removed and sent back to Johannesburg for medical research - and what remained buried in the local, racially segregated cemetery. None contributed more to the wealth & industrial growth of South Africa than these faceless migrants from southern Mozambique - now as a consequence one of the poorest regions on earth. This is their story.Against this history, xenophobia & xenophobic attacks on foreign African Nationals in South Africa – in particular on Mozambicans - is interrogated & condemned.
Shapes of Things to Come - Produced by Kevin Harris - 2002 Kevin Harris 2020-10-30 | “Shapes of things to Come” – 26 minute documentary looking at Plastic Surgery & Cosmetic Enhancement in South Africa - [2002]
IN THE DOCK - The Delmas Treason Trial - longest-running political trial in SA History - 1985 / 89 Kevin Harris 2020-09-27 | An auto-biographical perspective on the so-named "Delmas Treason trial" - by independent South African Filmmaker & Witness for the Defence - Kevin Harris."In the Dock" is an autobiographical documentary by independent South African film maker Kevin Harris.The title makes reference to Harris giving evidence for the Defence in the so-called "Delmas Treason Trial", the longest running political trial in South African history which took place from 1985 to 1989.[Apologies for the jump-cut edits during the army-service / Rick Turner / Dbn University sequences - this is because the commercial music I used has been cut from Youtube because of copyright]You can view the full unedited version of the documentary by going to my Website: www.kevinharris.co.za & go to Filmography & click on Uncategorized & scroll down to "In the Dock" fronted by a photograph of me with my dog "podgy". Thanks]
Dan Patlansky - finale 16th Oct 2019 - virtuoso - Jimi is smiling !! A privilege to have been there Kevin Harris 2020-09-11 | Finale of the Dan Patlansky concert - Johannesburg 16th October 2019.Great performance - virtuoso - if ever he comes to your town - don't miss.Wonderful evening - great experience !!
George Bizos - Never give up on the judiciary Kevin Harris 2020-09-11 | George Bizos - "Never give up on the judiciary""You can't stop believing in the judiciary ...." - the committed code by which George Bizos lived his life - thank you George - may this give us strength to believe that eventually we will see convictions for the looting & betrayal that has become the scourge of SA today.November 1988 – Palace of Justice – Pretoria. After 3 & ½ years - Judgement Day – in this - the longest running political trial in South Africa’s history.Delivering his 6-volume – 1 521-page judgement – Judge Kees van Dijkhorst acquits 11 of the 22 accused of treason - in the so-named Delmas Treason Trial.Handing down sentence - three weeks later – the Judge gives six of the eleven found guilty suspended sentences.Of the remaining five, the three UDF leaders Popo Molefe, Moss Chikane and Terror Lekota are sentenced to 10, 10 and 12 years respectively.South African Council of Churches field-worker, Tom Manthata is given 6 years while Vaal Civic Association Youth Leader Gcina Malindi receives a five-year sentence.Emotions run high as a final prophetic message of hope from those convicted is read to the court.“Somewhere in the future lies a date when black and white will take a second look at these moments of our history …”Against the backdrop of the so-named Delmas Treason Trial - the longest running political trial in the history of South Africa - "Delmas - the passion ... the pain" tells the story of the so-named "Delmas Five".Of the 22 accused of treason in the Delmas Treason Trial, "Terror" Lekota, Popo Molefe, Moss Chikane, Tom Manthata & Gcina Malindi - the so-named "Delmas Five" - were found guilty of treason and sentenced to Robben Island. This is their story & the impact of their journey on family, friends & legal team closest to them - including godfather & veteran struggle & human rights advocate, George Bizos.Produced by Kevin Harris - 2004.
The Best Among People - Kevin Harris - 2019 Kevin Harris 2019-11-14 | The Best Among People brings to the screen the everyday South African men and women who commit & risk their lives volunteering for rescue and relief-aid missions – from where-ever they may get the call – both internationally and at home in South Africa.These are the religious and culturally diverse group of South African volunteers that make up The Gift of the Givers – headed and driven by their visionary founder, Dr Imtiaz Sooliman. Relief & medical aid for wars in Gaza & Syria, earthquakes in Haiti & Nepal, devastating fires in Knysna, crippling drought in Sutherland & Makhanda or cyclone Idai in Mozambique, Zimbabwe & Malawi – Gift of the Givers are among the first to go in.On a second front, tirelessly negotiating the release of South African hostages Yolande & Pierre Korkie or Stephen McGown - held by Al-Qaeda terrorists for six years in the deserts of Mali – Dr Imtiaz Sooliman leads his dedicated team – founded in 1992 – in accordance with their mission statement: “the best among people are those who benefit mankind”.
Two South Africans - Episode 1 - Marcello Fiasconaro .... with a Springbok in my heart Kevin Harris 2019-11-02 | On the 24th April 1973 Marcello Fiasconaro – the wonder-boy from Cape Town – equaled the South African record for the 800 meters.Two months later, on the 27th June 1973 – at age 24 – he broke the world record for the 800 meters in Milan, Italy.A legend in his lifetime & revered in Italy, Marcello’s world record for the 800 meters stood for ten years.His Italian record for the 800 meters still stands today.Marcello’s South African record stood for 25 years and was finally broken on the world stage a generation later - by Hezekiel Sepeng at age 22 heading a new wave of South African athletes.On the 1st August 1996, Hezekiel Sepeng, became the first Black South African ever - representing his country South Africa – to win an Olympic medal when he took silver in the 800 meters at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.For Hezekiel - the young farm boy from Boskop – his triumph was the euphoric climax to a determination & destiny that saw his brilliance on the track win hearts & minds and overturn entrenched racist prejudice.For South Africa his triumph brought confirmation of a new dawn where black and white athletes could finally compete on the world stage as South Africans representing their country - the new free & democratic South Africa.Two South Africans is the combined life’s journey of Marcello Fiasconaro and Hezekiel Sepeng – two South African world champions - told against the tortured sporting / political backdrop of South Africa’s begrudging & grueling climb from the dark days of Apartheid to the afterglow of a new free and democratic post-1994 South Africa.
Two South Africans - Episode 2 - Hezekiel Sepeng ....from the top of the mountain Kevin Harris 2019-11-02 | On the 24th April 1973 Marcello Fiasconaro – the wonder-boy from Cape Town – equaled the South African record for the 800 meters.Two months later, on the 27th June 1973 – at age 24 – he broke the world record for the 800 meters in Milan, Italy.A legend in his lifetime & revered in Italy, Marcello’s world record for the 800 meters stood for ten years.His Italian record for the 800 meters still stands today.Marcello’s South African record stood for 25 years and was finally broken on the world stage a generation later - by Hezekiel Sepeng at age 22 heading a new wave of South African athletes.On the 1st August 1996, Hezekiel Sepeng, became the first Black South African ever - representing his country South Africa – to win an Olympic medal when he took silver in the 800 meters at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.For Hezekiel - the young farm boy from Boskop – his triumph was the euphoric climax to a determination & destiny that saw his brilliance on the track win hearts & minds and overturn entrenched racist prejudice.For South Africa his triumph brought confirmation of a new dawn where black and white athletes could finally compete on the world stage as South Africans representing their country - the new free & democratic South Africa.Two South Africans is the combined life’s journey of Marcello Fiasconaro and Hezekiel Sepeng – two South African world champions - told against the tortured sporting / political backdrop of South Africa’s begrudging & grueling climb from the dark days of Apartheid to the afterglow of a new free and democratic post-1994 South Africa.
In Search of the Promised Land - 10 min [Pilot] Kevin Harris 2019-10-29 | Land reform in South Africa must be implemented as a matter of urgency to address injustices of the past –but in implementation it must be carried out in the consciousness that the land is not only inherited by us from our ancestors – more important -the land is borrowed by us from our children & our children’s children.This proposed 90 minute Documentary Feature titled, “In Search of the Promised Land”, sets out to be a clear, definitive exposition of the land issue in South Africa. In so doing it will interrogate & outline the history of land conquest, acquisition, ownership & dispossession from the dawning of colonialism until today. As a particular objective, the documentary will cut through the political hubris & populist positioning by political parties witnessed - in particular - in the build-up to the 2019 general elections – and look to give a clear understanding of unfolding processes and legislation & in particular the implications of the judgement to amend Section 25 of the Constitution - which will enable land “expropriation without compensation”.Secondly, against this sweeping historical backdrop, there will be an unfolding foreground story which focusses in on a particular community that has arisen out of – what one might call – a “soft” land-grab.These situations are becoming more and more common as people – whose names have been on housing waiting lists for some twenty years – have become tired of waiting for a listless government to do their jobs & fulfill their promises.They are the ordinary people personally affected in their everyday lives and who are the ones suffering because they have no access to land or housing. They have lived their lives – where four generations – grandparents, parents, children & now children who have their own children – live together in one overcrowded 2 or 3 bedroomed house. They are unemployed & as such cannot afford to pay rentals elsewhere.The land that – out of desperation – they move in on and occupy is not taken from anybody – it is land that is owned by government and in many cases – in spite of being earmarked for housing development over twenty years back – has been standing all this time empty and unused.One such community is that now occupying Ennerdale Extension 4 which they proudly call Lakeview - located some 30 km south of the Johannesburg CBD.On the 6th July last year, after several attempts which had ended in demolitions & evictions, this community of several hundred residents won a judgement - ruling that they could not be evicted from Lakeview unless the Metro Police allocated them another piece of land to which they would be moved.Their situation is still precarious because they can still theoretically be moved – and as they are not formalised - they have no basic services such as water, electricty and sanitation. But at long last – for the first time in their lives – they each have a small marked off yard on which they have erected a well-built shiny new - so-called “shack” – a place of their own which they can finally call home.
The best among People - Kevin Harris - 2019 Kevin Harris 2019-09-16 | New release from Kevin Harris:THE BEST AMONG PEOPLEThe Best Among People brings to the screen the everyday South African men and women who commit & risk their lives volunteering for rescue and relief-aid missions – from where-ever they may get the call – both internationally and at home in South Africa.These are the religious and culturally diverse group of South African volunteers that make up The Gift of the Givers – headed and driven by their visionary founder, Dr Imtiaz Sooliman. Relief & medical aid for wars in Gaza & Syria, earthquakes in Haiti & Nepal, devastating fires in Knysna, crippling drought in Sutherland & Makhanda or cyclone Idai in Mozambique, Zimbabwe & Malawi – Gift of the Givers are among the first to go in.On a second front, tirelessly negotiating the release of South African hostages Yolande & Pierre Korkie or Stephen McGown - held by Al-Qaeda terrorists for six years in the deserts of Mali – Dr Imtiaz Sooliman leads his dedicated team – founded in 1992 – in accordance with their mission statement: “the best among people are those who benefit mankind”.
“REMEMBER KHOTSO HOUSE – ALUTA CONTINUA” - Part 1 The Call - Kevin Harris 2018 Kevin Harris 2019-03-01 | “REMEMBER KHOTSO HOUSE – ALUTA CONTINUA” 2 x 48 minute documentary:Part 1 – “The Call” Part 2 “Deliverance”For some time now, of concern to church leaders is that the South African Council of Churches - nostalgically remembered for exceptional life-changing work during the Apartheid era - with the attainment of liberation and democracy, has been allowed to decline and fall into a complacent slump.On Thursday 27th November 2014, South African church leaders representing the core of the ecumenical movement came together at Marshall Street’s Khotso House in Johannesburg under the banner, “SACC Vital Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow”.The occasion - to officially mark the re-launch of the South African Council of Churches [SACC].A long time coming, their passionate vision is that the SACC will once more become the spiritual and moral compass of the country to advocate justice and delivery for the poor, marginalised and the disenfranchised.In a rare public appearance, delivering the keynote address, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu made the call for the South African Council of Churches to once again stand as a prophetic voice that will speak truth to those in power and hold political leadership accountable to the citizens who vote them into office. “REMEMBER KHOTSO HOUSE – ALUTA CONTINUA” - is a compelling 2 x part documentary reflecting on the life’s journey of the South African Council of Churches in its fight against apartheid through the 1980s & 90s - together with Civil Society Organisations such as the United democratic Front [UDF] - with a call for the SACC and Civil Society to once again today become the moral and prophetic voice speaking truth to those in power and holding political leadership accountable to the citizens who vote them into office. In all this, “Khotso House” - the “house of peace”, enduring headquarters of the SACC, offices of many Civil Society & anti-Apartheid organisations - stands as an iconic symbol and reminder of the struggle against the oppression and injustice of the past and the hope of liberation and a better life for all in the future. [Written, produced & directed by Kevin Harris – 2018]
“REMEMBER KHOTSO HOUSE – ALUTA CONTINUA” - Part 2 Deliverance - Kevin Harris 2018 Kevin Harris 2019-03-01 | “REMEMBER KHOTSO HOUSE – ALUTA CONTINUA” 2 x 48 minute documentary:Part 2 - “Deliverance”For some time now, of concern to church leaders is that the South African Council of Churches - nostalgically remembered for exceptional life-changing work during the Apartheid era - with the attainment of liberation and democracy, has been allowed to decline and fall into a complacent slump.On Thursday 27th November 2014, South African church leaders representing the core of the ecumenical movement came together at Marshall Street’s Khotso House in Johannesburg under the banner, “SACC Vital Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow”.The occasion - to officially mark the re-launch of the South African Council of Churches [SACC].A long time coming, their passionate vision is that the SACC will once more become the spiritual and moral compass of the country to advocate justice and delivery for the poor, marginalised and the disenfranchised.In a rare public appearance, delivering the keynote address, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu made the call for the South African Council of Churches to once again stand as a prophetic voice that will speak truth to those in power and hold political leadership accountable to the citizens who vote them into office. “REMEMBER KHOTSO HOUSE – ALUTA CONTINUA” - is a compelling 2 x part documentary reflecting on the life’s journey of the South African Council of Churches in its fight against apartheid through the 1980s & 90s - together with Civil Society Organisations such as the United democratic Front [UDF] - with a call for the SACC and Civil Society to once again today become the moral and prophetic voice speaking truth to those in power and holding political leadership accountable to the citizens who vote them into office. In all this, “Khotso House” - the “house of peace”, enduring headquarters of the SACC, offices of many Civil Society & anti-Apartheid organisations - stands as an iconic symbol and reminder of the struggle against the oppression and injustice of the past and the hope of liberation and a better life for all in the future. [Written, produced & directed by Kevin Harris – 2018]
YOUNG BLOOD Ep2 - Sharpeville 1996 - Produced by Kevin harris Kevin Harris 2019-01-14 | Produced by Kevin Harris in 1996, Young Blood is a documentary within a drama - within a documentary.The project was workshopped with the Sharpeville Ikageng Youth group - a committed group of concerned young people determined to conscientise the the community about the realities of HIV / AIDS.By looking at the lives of these young people - as they embark on their AIDS campaign - the documentary gives expression to what this group of young Black South Africans have to say about life growing up in the townships and in particular Sharpeville.In this way, Young Blood gives expression to contemporary [1996] concerned young black opinion on issues of teenage-pregnancy, child abuse, teenage sexuality, rape & AIDS against the backdrop of crime & violence that make up present-day township life.Featuring Japan Mthembu, Grace Mahlaba, Ramolao Makhene, Afrika Tsoai, Ben Thekiso, Selinah Thekiso, Winnie Leemisa and the members of the Sharpeville Ikageng Youth Club.
YOUNG BLOOD - Sharpeville 1996 - Episode 1 of 2 - Produced by Kevin Harris Kevin Harris 2019-01-14 | Episode 1 of the two part 52 minute drama / documentary researched and workshopped with the youth of the Ikageng Youth Club in Sharpeville Township in 1996.Filmed in 1996 in Sharpeville Township & set against the history of the 21st March 1960 Sharpeville Massacre, "Young Blood" gives expression to concerned young black opinion on issues of teenage-pregnancy, child abuse, teenage sexuality, rape & AIDS against the back-drop of crime & violence that make up township life in late 1990s. The screenplay is developed around community case histories & life-experience situations as workshopped with the youth of the Ikageng Youth Club in the 1990s by Kevin Harris.
KZN 2010 Yearling Sale in JHBurg - 30 secs promo - Kevin Harris 2010 Kevin Harris 2017-09-11 | 30 sec promo for the KZN 2010 Yearling Sales held in Johannesburg.Produced by Kevin Harris - 2010
Anthony Delpech - A Tribute by Kevin Harris. Kevin Harris 2017-08-21 | In February 2019, three-time South African National Champion Jockey, Anthony Delpech was finally forced by circumstances to retire in his prime.At the height of his illustrious career and on his way to taking the SA National Jockey Championship for the 4th time, in April 2018 Anthony took a really bad fall in the SA Classic which put him through months of ICU & medical procedures. Picking himself up - determined to get back into the saddle - Anthony fought & tried every medical intervention possible.However, it was not to be and the chronic injury forced Anthony to finally throw in the towel a week before his 50th birthday on 10th February 2019.This profile, "Anthony Delpech - A Tribute" - produced by Kevin Harris in 2017 - is the life story of Anthony Delpech and family with Anthony having taken the National SA Jockey Championship for the third time in his career for the 2016 / 17 season.With a strike rate of 22%, a total of 195 winners for the season – some 43 winners ahead of his nearest contender – veteran jockey Anthony Delpech took the South Africa National Jockey Championship for the 2016 / 17 season.To be the champion, a jockey must ride more winners than any of his peers in a given season.The racing season begins on the 1st August & ends on the 31st July.In South Africa, there is horse-racing every single day of the year – except Christmas day.Taking the championship is a gruelling task which requires a jockey to fly and ride six to seven days a week at race meetings across the country. At age 48, for Anthony Delpech this is the third South African National Jockey Championship Title of his illustrious career.This is his life story & in particular what motivated him at age 48 to have one more crack at the Championship Title - a tribute to one of South Africa's greatest jockeys.
True Patriot - 7 minute Promo Kevin Harris 2017-07-09 | Director's Note:All reconstructed on-camera interviews are comprised of either actual transcribed original verbatim interviews or verbatim biography extracts. TRUE PATRIOT - A 7 minute promo of the production of the 82 minute feature television documentary / drama on the life and times of John Harris.Of the 132 people executed by the past regime for political offences, John Harris was the only white person to be hanged for fighting apartheid - 1st April 1965.John Harris was chairman of SANROC - the SA non-racial Olympic Committee - & successfully lobbied the International Olympic Committee in Lauserne, Switzerland to ban the SA all-white Olympic teams from participating in the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics. On his return to SA his passport was confiscated & he was later served with a banning order. In 1963, he was recruited by Hugh Lewin into ARM - the African Resistance Movement.In July 1964, after a nation-wide swoop by the SA Security Police, virtually every member of ARM had either fled the country or been detained. Finding himself the "last man standing" - on the 24th July 1964 - John Harris placed a bomb on the "whites-only" platform of Johannesburg Station. In order to avoid injury or loss of life to commuters John Harris made three phone calls to the Rand Daily , Die Transvaler and the Railway Police warning them of the bomb and instructing them to clear the concourse. In spite of this, the authorities did nothing to clear the concourse and the bomb exploded injuring 23 people of whom 78 year old Ethyl Rhys died of her injuries six weeks later. John Harris was arrested, brutally tortured, tried and found guilty of the murder of Ethyl Rhys. He was hanged on 1st April 1965. John Harris' last request was that one day, in a new South Africa - on his memorial stone - would be inscribed, "John Harris - True Patriot".
Robert Sobukwe - A Tribute To Integrity - Kevin Harris - 1996 Kevin Harris 2017-05-24 | Robert Sobukwe once said: "True leadership demands complete subjugation of self, absolute honesty, integrity and uprightness of character, courage & fearlessness - and above all, a consuming love for one's people". This statement underpinned Sobukwe's selflessness and integrity and the legacy for which he should always be remembered.
The Bartie Leisher Story - Part - 2 - Kevin Harris 2009 Kevin Harris 2017-05-21 | Born in Mayfair Johannesburg in 1962 – the youngest of nine siblings – Bartie Leisher at age 23 became the youngest South African jockey to earn Springbok Colours. He again took SA colours in 1985.Known as the jockey who would “always ride to win”, Bartie was well-loved by the rank-&-file South African public and brought a measure of personal integrity to the sport of horse-racing.In 1987 he was offered a contract to ride in Hong Kong and became the first South African ever to win an International Jockey Championship when he beat Hong Kong’s top riders to take the cup for the 1988 Hong Kong horse-racing season. It was Bartie Leisher who opened the door and paved the way to the international arena for future South African Champions Dougie Whyte, Felix Coetzee and the legendary Muis Roberts.Riding the crest of the wave in Hong Kong - Bartie was again heading the Championship Log – when, on the 25th March 1989 he took a fall & suffered a near-fatal head-injury.In a gutsy show of determination, Bartie battled the debilitating effects of the resulting brain-damage to fight his way back into the saddle and pick up the pieces of his shattered career.This is his story.
The Bartie Leisher Story - Part 1 - Kevin Harris - 2009 Kevin Harris 2017-05-21 | Born in Mayfair Johannesburg in 1962 – the youngest of nine siblings – Bartie Leisher at age 23 became the youngest South African jockey to earn Springbok Colours. He again took SA colours in 1985.Known as the jockey who would “always ride to win”, Bartie was well-loved by the rank-&-file South African public and brought a measure of personal integrity to the sport of horse-racing.In 1987 he was offered a contract to ride in Hong Kong and became the first South African ever to win an International Jockey Championship when he beat Hong Kong’s top riders to take the cup for the 1988 Hong Kong horse-racing season. It was Bartie Leisher who opened the door and paved the way to the international arena for future South African Champions Dougie Whyte, Felix Coetzee and the legendary Muis Roberts.Riding the crest of the wave in Hong Kong - Bartie was again heading the Championship Log – when, on the 25th March 1989 he took a fall & suffered a near-fatal head-injury.In a gutsy show of determination, Bartie battled the debilitating effects of the resulting brain-damage to fight his way back into the saddle and pick up the pieces of his shattered career.This is his story.
Zimbabwe - A New Dawn - Ep 2 - 2009 Kevin Harris Kevin Harris 2017-02-21 | Produced by Kevin Harris in 2009, "Zimbabwe - A New Dawn" Episodes 1 & 2 - looks at the thoroughbred horse racing industry in Zimbabwe, it's history & struggle to survive - given a life-line by the adoption of the US $ as National Currency. There is also a renewed spirit of optimism amongst Zimbabweans with the recent formation of a Government of National Unity. The documentary centres on the Borrowdale Park Golden Jubilee celebrated on the week-end of the 28th June 2009 by the Zimbabwe thoroughbred horse racing fraternity.
Zimbabwe - A New Dawn - Ep 1 - 2009 Kevin Harris Kevin Harris 2017-02-21 | Produced by Kevin Harris in 2009, "Zimbabwe - A New Dawn" Episodes 1 & 2 - looks at the thoroughbred horse racing industry in Zimbabwe, it's history & struggle to survive - given a life-line by the adoption of the US $ as National Currency. There is also a renewed spirit of optimism amongst Zimbabweans with the recent formation of a Government of National Unity.The documentary centres on the Borrowdale Park Golden Jubilee celebrated on the week-end of the 28th June 2009 by the Zimbabwe thoroughbred horse racing fraternity.
BARA - Kevin Harris - 1979 Kevin Harris 2017-02-01 | This is the documentary that resulted in Kevin Harris being fired from SABC TV in October 1979. SABC Management ordered Harris to remove scenes showing conditions in Soweto to which instruction Harris responded by telling Management that he would make the cuts as ordered.Harris then deliberately deceived Management into believing that he had made the cuts as instructed whilst ensuring that the documentary was broadcast uncut. In this way BARA was broadcast totally uncut and uncensored on SABC TV on 9th October 1979. Harris was fired within 24 hours of broadcast which marked the beginning of his career as an independent South African film maker.For more context and background to the incident go to / view "SABC TV – 20 Years – the untold story" - further down the list on this channel at: youtube.com/watch?v=DzyJgI-qA-s
HLABISA - touching lives, making a difference. Kevin Harris - 2009 Kevin Harris 2017-01-31 | A look behind the scenes at the work & dedication of the men and women staffing Hlabisa Hospital & the impact of the hospital on this deep rural community situated within the Hluhluwe Game Reserve in KZN.Produced for the IDT [Independent Development Trust] by Kevin Harris. 2009.
HEROES AND VILLAINS - Good Cop ... Bad Cop. 1996. Kevin Harris 2017-01-31 | South Africa 1996. Central to the transformation of the old-style South African Police Force to a new-approach Police "Service"- based on community policing - is the work of the National Anti-corruption Unit. Their mission is clear - to root out corruption within the ranks of the South African Police Service. At the same time, the ethos of the Police Service has changed from a "para-military" style reactive force reliant on convictions through confessions to a pro-active community policing approach based on human rights principles in line with South Africa's New Constitution. For many police personnel this transformation does not come easy. "Heroes & Villains - Good Cop ... Bad Cop" takes a look at Police corruption against a backdrop of tensions arising out of the changing ethos in the emerging new-style South African Police Service [SAPS]. Produced by Kevin Harris - 1996.
RAINBOW COURAGE - A TRIBUTE to all South Africans affected by violence - 1997 Kevin Harris 2017-01-30 | "Thousands of empty shoes at Zoo Lake - a poignant testimony to victims of violent crime" - The Star, Monday July 21st 1997."Rainbow Courage - A Tribute" written & directed by Kevin Harris in 1997 is a tribute to all South Africans affected by the violence & violent crime that wracked South African society post-1994.Grave new world - the dark side of the miracle of transformation from oppression to personal freedom; floating to the surface a tidal wave of organised & violent crime as syndicates & corrupt officials pull the triggers of street thugs with seeming impunity.Rainbow Courage - A Tribute is "a shattering depiction of the heroism of those South Africans, white & black, who have survived the crime wave engulfing the country. Allison, the woman raped and left for dead with her throat slit in Port Elizabeth; Rob, the Johannesburg businessman tortured with a hot iron by robbers; the family of a young Tembisa woman tortured & killed after being raped at a local school in the dead of night are just some.The fortitude & what can only be described as positiveness of such people, their determination to make their society a better place despite all that has happened to them, was truly moving and brought home the horror of the word "crime" as nothing else has." The Sunday Independent - July, 26 1998.
ENOS MAFOKATE - the life & dedication of Soweto horseman exraordinaire Enos Mafokate. Kevin Harris 2017-01-26 | The life & dedication of Soweto horseman "extraordinaire" Enos Mafokate. Shot, directed & produced for Tellytrack by Kevin Harris.From groom to International Champion Horseman, for Enos Mafokate – born into the discriminatory era of Apartheid South Africa – it’s been a long hard road.The first black South African to compete & triumph in international show -jumping – Enos has a deep spiritual relationship with “the horse” & has devoted his life’s work to the care of horses in South Africa’s townships.His dream is to set up a world-class Equestrian Centre in Soweto township.This is the story of Enos Mafokate – committed and accomplished horseman – proudly South African and a dedicated friend of the horse.
WHAT GOD WANTS ? - salvation for the homeless on the streets of Johannesburg. 1999 Kevin Harris 2017-01-26 | With the power of prayer against the power of privelege - the homeless remain homeless - and on a good day scavenge salvation from the bottom of a bottle.Preacher or poet ... who was it wrote ...if, "What God wants - God gets" - then God help us all!Thanks to inspiration from Roger Waters. Produced 1999.
