her activist parents. Films The film A World Apart (1988), which has a screenplay by her daughter Shawn Slovo and was directed by Chris Menges, is a biographical story about a young white girl living in South Africa with anti-apartheid activist parents, although the family is called Roth in the film. Barbara Hershey plays the character based on Ruth First. The 2006 film Catch a Fire about the activist Patrick Chamusso was written by Shawn Slovo, and in it First is portrayed by another daughter, Robyn Slovo, who was also one of the film's producers. Patrol vessel In 2005, the South African Department of Environmental Affairs launched an environmental patrol vessel named Ruth First. In March 2011, the country of The Gambia issued a postage stamp in her honour, naming her as one of the Legendary Heroes of Africa. Main published works with R. Segal, coedited with J. Steele and C. Gurney, See also List of people subject to banning orders under apartheid Marion Sparg - female ANC guerilla sentenced to 25 years in prison for treason Gert Sibande South African potato boycott References External links Ruth First Papers online Ruth First papers at the University of London Ruth First Educational Trust provides opportunities for South African postgraduate students to study at Durham University. The First pan-African martyr, Mail & Guardian, Adekeye Adebajo, 25 August 2010 Ruth First Jeppe High School for Girls Memorial Trust was set up in July 2010 and will award scholarships for full tuition at Jeppe High School for Girls for the duration of secondary school education. It is aimed at girls in Grade 7 that show characteristics of leadership, courage, determination and the ability to influence their community positively. Remembering Ruth First, a woman with vision, passion, by Peter Vale, The Daily Dispatch, 17 August 2012 Jewish South African anti-apartheid activists South African communists South African women in politics Assassinated Jews Assassinated South African politicians Slovo family South African Jews South African feminists South African socialists Jewish socialists Academics of Durham University 1925 births 1982 deaths South African exiles South African people murdered abroad South African people of Latvian-Jewish descent Assassinated activists Deaths by letter bomb People murdered in Mozambique Members of the South African Communist Party People acquitted of treason White South African anti-apartheid activists South African prisoners and detainees Prisoners and detainees of South Africa Jewish feminists 20th-century South African politicians Assassinated South