A World apart / Atlantic Entertainment and British Screen present a Working Title production ; director, Chris Menges ; producer, Sarah Radclyffe ; writer, Shawn Slovo.
Set in South Africa in 1963, the story concerns an idealistic journalist Diana Roth [Ruth First] who defies the government and becomes the first woman arrested under the 90-day Detention Act-- both a story of government abuse and a look at one mother's neglect of her family because of her involvemen...
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| Language: | English |
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Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
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Santa Monica, Calif. :
MGM Home Entertainment,
2005.
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| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | Video DVD |
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Set in South Africa in 1963, the story concerns an idealistic journalist Diana Roth [Ruth First] who defies the government and becomes the first woman arrested under the 90-day Detention Act-- both a story of government abuse and a look at one mother's neglect of her family because of her involvement with a larger cause. Based on a true story, the detention of South African activist Ruth First. |
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| Note: | Originally produced as a motion picture in 1988. Videorecording. |
| Call Number: | PN1995.9.S655 W67 2005 VideoDVD |
| ISBN: | 0792867912 |
| Credits: | Director of photography, Peter Biziou ; editor, Nicolas Gaster ; music, Hans Zimmerman. |
| System Details: | DVD, widescreen presentation; stereo. |
| Cast: |
Barbara Hershey, David Suchet, Jeroen Krabbe, Paul Freeman, Tim Roth and Jodhi May. |