The nine short documentaries comprising SOUTH AFRICAN CHRONICLES were produced by twelve young filmmakers at the racially integrated Varan Workshop.

Focused on such subjects as a meeting of the Afrikaner Resistance Movement, an election campaign in a small mining town, a homeless children's shelter in the racially mixed Hillbrow section of Johannesburg, and the distribution of pension checks to senior citizens in Soweto, these films show the realities of South African life behind the sensationalism and rhetoric of most reports out of South Africa. In this way, SOUTH AFRICAN CHRONICLES tells the story of apartheid all the more vividly.

"Revealing... This is an extraordinarily candid report on a troubled country that makes the viewer a witness to the kind of events in South Africa that outsiders rarely see." - Landers Film Reviews

"The video's cumulative effect is both moving and memorable. The filmmakers have obviously approached their subjects with sensitivity and an enormous amount of dedication. Libraries with collections emphasizing historical, political, and social science videos will [SOUTH AFRICAN CHRONICLES] a worthy addition." - Marcia Lane Purcell, Video Rating Guide for Libraries

"Without doubt one of the most eloquent testimonials on the reality of apartheid life in South Africa. All of these chronicles have in common a style which lets the image speak for itself, without militant discourse or moralizing. There is nothing of the spectacular, but a strict contact with the everyday life of black and white people. It is this simple comparison between them in these chronicles that is explosive." - Jeune Afrique