cover image: District Six Removals And Father Basil Van Rensburg

Premium 20.500.12592/bmh27m

District Six Removals And Father Basil Van Rensburg

1975

Unedited footage. Father Basil van Rensburg was a Catholic priest who gained international recognition for his fight against forced removals from Cape Town's District Six. District Six (Afrikaans Distrik Ses) is a former inner-city residential area in Cape Town, South Africa. Over 60,000 of its inhabitants were forcibly removed during the 1970s by the apartheid regime.
Place discussed
South Africa
Published in
Vancouver, BC