Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony is a 2002 documentary film depicting the struggles of black South Africans against the injustices of Apartheid through the use of music. The film takes its name from the Nguni word amandla, which means power. The film was Produced by Sherry Simpson Dean and Lee Hirsch. Simpson Dean and Hirsch also produced the film's soundtrack of the same name. The collection of authentic South African "Freedom Songs" was Executive Produced by Dave Matthews and his label ATO Records. In the film, South African musicians, playwrights, poets and activists recall the struggle against Apartheid from the 1940s to the 1990s that stripped black citizens of South Africa of basic human rights, and the important role...