LONG NIGHT'S
JOURNEY INTO DAY

Year: 2000
USA: Iris Films/Cinemax Reel Life
Cast: Mary Burton, Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, Jann Turner, Desmond Tutu, Tony Weaver, Glenda Wildschut
Directors: Deborah Hoffmann, Frances Reid
Country: USA
USA: 95 mins
USA Release Date: 9 March 2001
USA Release Date: 29 March 2000 (Limited Release - New York)

Synopsis

This documentary follows the outcome of 4 cases out of 7000 presented to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in South Africa. Headed by the Reverend Desmond Tutu, who was appointed by the newly-elected South African government, the TRC was set up to try and establish who was accountable for crimes against humanity in the Apartheid era in an attempt to heal the wounds in South Africa's turbulent past.