Editing Ruth First (section)

==Films==
The film ''[[A World Apart (1988 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.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096464/combined ''A World Apart''], imdb.com. Retrieved 11 March 2013.</ref>

The 2006 film ''[[Catch a Fire (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.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437232/combined ''Catch a Fire''], imdb.com. Retrieved 11 March 2013.</ref>