Showing posts with label Ilse Assmann. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ilse Assmann. Show all posts
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Farewell to Ilse Assmann
The SABC Media Libraries had to say goodbye yesterday to our manager, Ilse Assmann, who left the company for a new career challenge.
The photos were taken at the farewell function organised by the SABC Media Libraries yesterday.
The Picasa photo album is here.
We wish her all the best in her new endeavours!
She will be missed!
Post and photos by Karen du Toit, Archivist, SABC Radio Archives.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Searching for Sugar Man, also in the SABC Archives
"Sugar Man", the story of a forgotten singer, won the best documentary at the Oscars this week.
Sixto Rodriguez made two records in the early 1970s, but it never took off in America.
Unbeknown to him, it became very popular in South Africa.
Searching for Sugar Man, is the story of two South Africans and their search for this elusive singer.
Big is the surprise when we see a clip showing our own collections in the SABC Record Library and how censorship made it impossible for it to be played during the Apartheid years.
Luckily the short clip is available on YouTube.
(It is also available as a podcast on iTunes).
This is a documentary worth seeing!
Blog post by Karen du Toit.
Sixto Rodriguez made two records in the early 1970s, but it never took off in America.
Unbeknown to him, it became very popular in South Africa.
Searching for Sugar Man, is the story of two South Africans and their search for this elusive singer.
Big is the surprise when we see a clip showing our own collections in the SABC Record Library and how censorship made it impossible for it to be played during the Apartheid years.
Luckily the short clip is available on YouTube.
(It is also available as a podcast on iTunes).
This is a documentary worth seeing!
Blog post by Karen du Toit.
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