Facing Death, Facing Life
General Information
- Author/Creator
- Gavshon, Ingrid, director.
- Language
- English.
- Published
- South Africa, 2002.
- Physical Description
- DVD-ROM (52 min.)
- Digital ver. identifier
- HU_OSA_00004211
Contents/Summary
- Summary
- Portrait of a man who is trying to come to terms with life having faced death. In 1984, Duma Khumalo was sentenced to death by hanging for his alleged participation in the mob killing of a town councilor in Sharpeville, South Africa. The trial was a miscarriage of justice that was not exceptional in apartheid South Africa. Duma Kumalo spent 3 years on death row (7 years in jail) and was given a stay of execution, 15 hours before he was due to be hanged for a murder he did not commit. His experience on death row heightened the sense of injustice that he felt growing up under apartheid in South Africa. Duma’s reprieve ended his waiting, but since, he has been struggling to make meaning of life after near death since "… facing death is hard, but, facing life after facing death, is even harder.”
Subjects
- Genre
- Documentary films
Bibliographic Information
- Note
- Soros Documentary Fund
- Library Special Collection
- Soros Documentary Fund
Holdings
| Item Type | Current Location | Call Number | Status | Shelving Location | Public Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DVD-ROM | OSA Film Library | FL Record 2596 | Available | - | - |
| Digital film | OSA Film Library | FL Record 2596 (HU_OSA_00004211.mp4) | Available | Access Copy, MP4 format |