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Faced with a bright future but still plagued by a devastating past, post-apartheid South Africa created the Truth and Reconciliation Commission as a cathartic judicial mechanism designed to bring a sense of peace to those who suffered for decades under a racist regime. The government eked out the truth in two ways: by promising amnesty to those white criminals who confessed, and by offering a platform for the blacks they oppressed-"not to forget it," as Archbishop Tutu said, "but to allow it not to imprison us." When corrupt cop Dirk Hendricks tries to win amnesty for his acts of torture years before, the request sets in motion a trial that includes one of his former victims, Alex Mpondo, now a member of Parliament, and human rights lawyer Sarah Barcant , who represents both Mpondo and the family of torture victim Steve Sizela, whose death may or may not have been caused by his jailer.

United Kingdom / South Africa - 2004 - 1 h 50 mn - 35 mm - Colour

Director Tom Hooper Script Troy Kennedy Martin Camera Larry Smith Sound Ivan Millborrow Editing Avril Beukes Music Robert Lane Cast Hilary Swank, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jamie Bartlett, Ian Roberts, Marius Weyers, Hlomla Dandala

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