Where Truth Lies
Duration: 00:30:00 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 gove...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | English |
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TVE ; Commission of the European Communities ; WITNESS
1998
South Africa |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:895a47c5-3add-4853-acc7-cb4fb4f97053 |
| Summary: | Duration: 00:30:00
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. |
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| Published: | 1998 |