Books on Lionel RogosinA highly readable account of what was a grueling, often dangerous encounter with apartheid society, Come Back Africa is film director, Lionel Rogosin’s story about the making of this widely acclaimed film, shot in the late fifties in and around Johannesburg and most notably, Sophiatown. This extraordinary volume of diaries kept during the preparations and filming of Come Back, Africa testifies to that passion. It reveals his inquisitive, searching mind as he tries to understand Africa going through the process of waking up. There are observations and descriptions of life and thinking in South Africa at the turn of Africa’s history that should be read by anyone who wants to understand that period. ....In my humble opinion this volume of Lionel’s notes and diaries stands in its importance and passion next to On the Bowery and Come Back, Africa as an equal third. Jonas Mekas 2004 Films on Lionel Rogosin
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