Where truth lies / Bullfrog Films presents ; produced & directed by Mark J. Kaplan ; a New Vision Production / Ubuntu TV & Film Productions with TVE ; TVE International.
Publisher:
Bullfrog Films,
Copyright Date:
1999
Description:
1 videocassette (30 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Voiceover, Kwezi Kobus ; narration, Athalie Crawford. Originally produced as a documentary film in 1998.
Summary:
"One of the many terrible cases to come before the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). 22-year-old student leader Siphiwo Mtimkulu, and his friend Topsy Madaka, were shot and burned in 1982 by the feared Security Police under the former apartheid government. Gideon Nieuwoudt - nicknamed "Notorious Nieuwoudt" - was a colonel in the Security Police. He and his colleagues are responsible for the torture, poisoning, and death of numerous black activists, including Steve Biko. In 1995 a group of top Security Police officers got a court order to block Mtimkulu's family from giving evidence before the TRC, threatening to undermine the whole process. 48 hours before the deadline expired, the officers finally applied for amnesty. Filmmaker Mark Kaplan documented the case for three years, during which time Nieuwoudt met with the Mtimkulu family seeking their forgiveness with unexpected and dramatic consequences."--Container.
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