Long night's journey into day [videorecording]: South Africa's search for truth & reconciliation / Iris Films in association with Cinemax Reel Life ; directed by Frances Reid and Deborah Hoffmann.
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 study guide (38 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm)
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Note
DVD.
Closed captioned.
Title from disc.
Cast
Narrator, Helen Mirren.
Credits
Produced by Frances Reid ; edited by Deborah Hoffmann ; original music by Lebo M ; cinematography by Ezra Jwili, Frances Reid.
System Details
DVD player required.
Summary
Follows four cases over a two-year period that were brought before South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission which investigates the crimes of apartheid, by bringing together victims and perpetrators to relive South Africa's brutal history. In so doing South Africa is showing the rest of the world that even the most bitter conflicts can be addressed through honesty and communication, providing the most definitive record of one of the most ambitious and innovative attempts at social reconciliation without precedent in human history.
Language
In English and native languages with English subtitles.
