<P> A week after the uprising began, Henry Kissinger, the United States Secretary of State, met the South African State President, B.J. Vorster in West Germany to discuss the situation in Rhodesia, but the Soweto uprising did not feature in their discussions . Kissinger and Vorster met again in Pretoria in September 1976, with students in Soweto and elsewhere protesting his visit, and being fired on by police . </P> <P> African National Congress (ANC) exiles called for international action and more economic sanctions against South Africa . </P> <P> Images of the riots spread all over the world, shocking millions . The photograph of Hector Pieterson's dead body, as captured by photojournalist Sam Nzima, caused outrage and brought down international condemnation on the Apartheid government . </P> <P> The Soweto riots are depicted in the 1987 film by director Richard Attenborough, Cry Freedom, and in the 1992 musical film Sarafina! . The riots also inspired the novel A Dry White Season by Andre Brink, and a 1989 movie of the same title . The Soweto uprising also featured in the 2003 film Stander about notorious bank robber and former police captain, Andre Stander . The lyrics of the song "Soweto Blues" by Hugh Masekela and Miriam Makeba describe the Soweto Uprising and the children's part in it . </P>

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