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'Proteus'
!["Proteus" represents an ambitious attempt on the part of Canadian director John Greyson and writer Jack Lewis, a Cape Town video activist, to discover as much meaning as possible in their imagining of an actual story of two prisoners in South Africa, one black, the other white, who were lovers for 17 years, between 1718 and 1735. They ended up on Robben Island, the same place Nelson Mandela was held for 18 of his 27 years of imprisonment. "Proteus" is involving and affecting even if it is not completely coherent or fully realized.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2004-08/13992804.jpg ""Proteus\" represents an ambitious attempt on the part of Canadian director John Greyson and writer Jack Lewis, a Cape Town video activist, to discover as much meaning as possible in their imagining of an actual story of two prisoners in South Africa, one black, the other white, who were lovers for 17 years, between 1718 and 1735. They ended up on Robben Island, the same place Nelson Mandela was held for 18 of his 27 years of imprisonment. \"Proteus\" is involving and affecting even if it is not completely coherent or fully realized.")
Times Staff Writer"Proteus" represents an ambitious attempt on the part of Canadian director John Greyson and writer Jack Lewis, a Cape Town video activist, to discover as much meaning as possible in their imagining of an actual story of two prisoners in South Africa,...Tags: Nelson Mandela, South Africa, Africa, Minority Groups, Prisons
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Apartheid failed to demolish memories
Sun Foreign StaffCAPE TOWN, South Africa - Walking past the food delivery bays at a Cape Town technical college, Noor Ebrahim stopped abruptly and pointed to the pavement like a man discovering lost treasure. This, he said, was the spot where his family's home once stood....Tags: Nelson Mandela, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, South Africa, Dining and Drinking, Africa
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More tours, more ships
It's a big world out there, and the cruise lines want to show it to you. The islands and Alaska remain the meat and potatoes of the cruise diet, but the menu expands every year, with new ports, routes and pre- and post-cruise land tours in Asia, South...Tags: Hawaii, Los Angeles, Norwegian Cruise Line, Tourism and Leisure, Africa
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New shine on City of Gold
Special to The TimesI was sitting at a restaurant when the Canadian woman across the table from me said something that caught me off-guard. "I love this city." At first I thought she was getting carried away by the ambience. We were dining at Sides, a chic establishment...Tags: Restaurants, Hotels and Accommodations, Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, Tourism and Leisure
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From the archives: S. Africa Leader Botha Resigns, Blames Cabinet
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterJOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- An embittered President Pieter W. Botha, in an unprecedented public fight with his own party leaders, announced his resignation on nationwide television Monday night, ending a tumultuous 11 years of autocratic, combative...Tags: Television, Newspapers, Democratic Party, Government, South Africa
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From the archives: South Africa Blacks, Students Protest on Eve of Vote
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterJOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Police using whips and dogs broke up a protest march Tuesday in the sleepy white college town of Stellenbosch, and hundreds of thousands of voteless blacks nationwide began a two-day strike on the eve of elections that will...Tags: Democratic Party, Hospitals and Clinics, Africa, Demonstration, Elections
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From the archives: Tutu Arrested as Turmoil Spreads
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterCAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Tens of thousands of black activists are waging a concerted protest against South Africa's white authorities in a campaign that has shaken assumptions about gradual reform and Friday brought the brief arrest of this country's...Tags: Democratic Party, Hospitals and Clinics, Africa, Demonstration, Elections
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