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Mary Burton | ... | Self |
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Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela | ... | Self |
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Mongezi Manqina | ... | Self |
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Thapelo Mbelo | ... | Self |
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Robert McBride | ... | Self |
Helen Mirren | ... | Narrator | |
Jann Turner | ... | Self | |
Desmond Tutu | ... | Self (as Archbishop Desmond Tutu) | |
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Tony Weaver | ... | Self |
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Glenda Wildschut | ... | Self |
This documentary tells four stories of Apartheid in South Africa, as seen through the eyes of the Truth and Reconciliation commission. White soldiers who have killed ANC activists, black activists who have killed whites in political attacks: can there be forgiveness when the full truth comes out? Written by Martin Lewison <milst1@yahoo.com>
This documentary tells four true stories of apartheid in South Africa. As one of the people in the film points out, there is a Kafkaesque atmosphere about people confessing their atrocities in order to seek amnesty.
The point of both the hearings in the film and of the film itself is to be able to heal by facing the truth. Only in facing the past can we prevent ourselves from repeating it. We must remember the true horrors that humans can make for other humans. That is the only sane way of sustaining a better world that can emerge from the chaos.
Not an easy film to watch, there are times when anguish flies off the screen into the viewer. But purgation comes from witnessing truth, accepting it, and guarding against the evil within us that is capable of such horror. This is a human story that will alter your perspective on life.