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Long Night's Journey Into Day /

South Africa's innovative Peace and Reconciliation Commissions attempted to allow South Africans to confront their past and heal the scars of apartheid. For over forty years, South Africa was governed by the most notorious form of racial domination since Nazi Germany. When it finally collapsed,...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: California Newsreel (Firm), Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Films Media Group
Format: Video
Language:English
Afrikaans
Language Notes:In English and Afrikaans with English subtitles.
Published: New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group ; California Newsreel, 2000.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Apartheid > South Africa.
Atrocities > South Africa.
South Africa > History > 1994-
Apartheid > Afrique du Sud.
Atrocités > Afrique du Sud.
Afrique du Sud > Histoire > 1994-
Apartheid
Atrocities
South Africa
Since 1994
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Videorecording.
documentary film.
Educational films
Internet videos
History
Documentary films.
Films éducatifs.
Vidéos sur Internet.
Documentaires.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:South Africa's innovative Peace and Reconciliation Commissions attempted to allow South Africans to confront their past and heal the scars of apartheid. 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. 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 follows several TRC cases over a two-year period. The stories in the film underscore the universal themes of conflict, forgiveness, and renewal.
Item Description:Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on July 17, 2014.
Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Title from distributor's description.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 streaming video file (95 min.)) : sound, color
Playing Time:01:34:37
Audience:10 & up.
Awards:Nominated 2001 Academy Awards, Best Documentary, Features
Won 2000 Berlin International Film Festival, Peace Film Award
Won 2000 Berlin International Film Festival, Reader Jury of the "Berliner Zeitung"
Won 2000 Sundance Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize - Documentary
Production Credits:Original score, Lebo M ; cinematographers, Ezra Jwili, Frances Reid.