P447ORACLE 447 Mon27 Jan C4 1712:17     3/8                      CHIP OF  GLASS RUBY   Wednesday,    9.00pm       

P447ORACLE 447 Mon27 Jan C4 1711:51         1/8                                       

P447ORACLE 447 Mon27 Jan C4 1712:14         2/8 WELCOME - to 4-Tel's mini-magazine covering Channel 4's multicultural output. On the following pages you can find: CHIP OF GLASS RUBY Michael Polling previews Wednesday's film in the season of dramatisations of short stories by leading South African writer Nadine Gordimer.  More >

P447ORACLE 447 Mon27 Jan C4 1712:20       4/8 CHIP OF GLASS RUBY  This Wednesday at 9.00pm, Channel 4 continues the current series of repeat showings of films based on short stories by the award-winning South African novelist Nadine Gordimer. Chip Of Glass Ruby centres on an Indian family living in a small house in a district of Johannesberg which is being cleared of 'coloureds'. Yusuf Bhamjee is a greengrocer who sells his fruit and veg from the back of his lorry. Politically unsophisticated, his priorities are firmly with his family.  More >>>

P447ORACLE 447 Mon27 Jan C4 1714:09       5/8 CHIP OF GLASS RUBY  Jimmy, Mr Bhamjee's fifteen-year-old son, is fired with a revolutionary fervour that his father initially interprets simply as lack of respect. The heroine of the tale, however, is Mrs Bhamjee, an 'ordinary housewife' who occupies a ground somewhere between her husband and her son. Although far from radical, Mrs Bhamjee is impelled by a deep sense of compassion for the victims of South African injustice to involve herself in peaceful political activity.  More >>>

P447ORACLE 447 Mon27 Jan C4 1700:53       6/8 CHIP OF GLASS RUBY  Working for the rights of blacks and Asians, Mrs Bhamjee actively supports various organisations. When a hand-operated printing machine is delivered to the house, Mrs Bhamjee spends much of her 'spare' time laboriously turning out samizdat leaflets. Yusuf, her husband, cannot understand her involvement: all he can see is that they are in a precarious position and should direct their energies towards doing the best they can for themselves.  More >>>

P447ORACLE 447 Mon27 Jan C4 1701:09       7/8 CHIP OF GLASS RUBY  When Yusuf tells his wife to leave such activities to the blacks, his son replies: "We're also black"; but Yusuf does not understand. Afraid of the consequences, he asks his wife: "Who will make a noise and throw stones when you and your children are without a roof? Are your black friends going give you a place to sleep?" In the end, of course, Mrs Bhamjee is bound to be found out. Late one night the police appear, turn the house upside down and take her away....  More >>>

P447ORACLE 447 Mon27 Jan C4 1711:28       8/8 CHIP OF GLASS RUBY  The film derives much of its emotional power from the simplicity of the story and its understated tgne. And its concentration on the personal problems of one family give it a tragic depth lacking in more generalised polemical works. It brings the human tragedy of the South African system vividly alive. This is why such a system is evil and why it must be destroyed. You can see Chip Of Glass Ruby this Wednesday at 9.00pm.  More >>>