Academy
Award Nominee Long Night's Journey Into Day For over forty years, South Africa was governed by the most notorious form of racial domination since Nazi Germany. When it finally collapsed, those who had enforced apartheid's rule wanted amnesty for their crimes. Their victims wanted justice. As a compromise, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was formed. As it investigated the crimes of apartheid, the Commission brought together victims and perpetrators to relive South Africa's brutal history. By revealing the past instead of burying it, the TRC hoped to pave the way to a peaceful future. Long Night's Journey Into Day, winner of the Grand Prize for Best Documentary at the 2000 Sundance Festival and ALA Booklist's Editor's Choice Award for best video of 2000, follows several TRC cases over a two-year period. The stories in the film underscore the universal themes of conflict, forgiveness, and renewal.
As it emerges from its tragedy, South Africa is showing the rest of the world that even the most bitter of conflicts can be addressed through honesty and communication. Long Night's Journey Into Day provides the definitive record of one of the most amibitious and innovative attempts at social reconciliation without precedent in human history. African
History |
2001 Oscar Nominee for Best Documentary "This is
an impressive, heart-rending film and it deserves wide circulation." "This film
raises fully as many questions as it answers. This makes it a thoughtful,
provocative and deeply moving film." "The emotion
of our hard experience comes through as unmediated drama. The film is
a document of what we went through and itself becomes part of the experience." "A beautiful
and often disturbing reflection on the nature of truth and forgiveness." Producer: Frances
Reid
Video Purchase: $195 |