General Information

Author/Creator

Kaplan, Mark, director.

Language

English.

Published

South Africa : TVE ; Commission of the European Communities ; WITNESS, 1998.

Physical Description

DVD-ROM (30 min.)

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00002348

Contents/Summary

Summary

This film is about one of the many 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.

Subjects

Genre

Documentary films

Bibliographic Information

Note

Duration: 00:30:00

Copyright Status

Copyright by TVE

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Call Number	Status	Shelving Location	Public Note
DVD-ROM	OSA Film Library	FL Record 0616	Available	-	-
Digital film	OSA Film Library	FL Record 0616 (HU_OSA_00002348.mp4)	Available		Access Copy, MP4 format