The Cradock four / Michel Noll presents ; a film by David Forbes ; writer & director, David Forbes ; a co-production by Shadow Films, Solferino Images and Quartier Latin Media.

The "Cradock four" (Matthew Goniwe, Sparrow Mkonto, Fort Calata and Sicelo Mhlauli; three black South African activists and a friend along for the ride) were abducted while travelling from Port Elizabeth to Cradock in 1985. They were tortured, mutilated, murdered, and their bodies scattered and burned. All this was done, it was assumed (and proven by later testimony), by security forces acting on the highest authority. Although many such actions took place, the martyrdom of these four men was an important turning point in the struggle for black self-determination, one in which the ruling powers abandoned any pretense of gaining the moral upper hand in the arena of world public opinion.