Soft vengeance : Albie Sachs and the new South Africa / Ford Foundation ; Ginzberg Productions ; a film by Abby Ginzberg.

"SOFT VENGEANCE is a Peabody award-winning film about Albie Sachs, a lawyer, writer, art lover and freedom fighter, set against the dramatic events leading to the overthrow of the apartheid regime in South Africa. As a young man, Albie defended those committed to ending apartheid in South Africa. Fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Soft vengeance (Motion picture)
Main Author: D'Ambrosio, Marco (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Ginzberg Video Productions (Production company)
Ford Foundation (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Ginzberg, Abby (Film producer, Film director)
Goldsmith, Rick (Screenwriter)
Hofmeyer, Nic (director of photography.)
Woodard, Alfre, 1953- (Narrator)
Carvalho, Sol (Interviewee)
Chaskalson, Arthur (Interviewee)
Goldberg, Denis, 1933-2020 (Interviewee)
Language:English
Published: [Berkeley, Calif.] : Ginzberg Productions, [2014]
Edition:[PAL version].
Subjects:
Sachs, Albie, > 1935-
South Africa. > Constitutional Court.
Anti-apartheid activists > South Africa > Biography.
Anti-apartheid movements > History > 20th century.
Apartheid > South Africa.
South Africa > Race relations.
South Africa > History > 20th century.
South Africa > History > 21st century.
South Africa > Politics and government > 20th century.
South Africa > Politics and government > 21st century.
Biographical films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographical films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Albie Sachs and the new South Africa
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
"SOFT VENGEANCE is a Peabody award-winning film about Albie Sachs, a lawyer, writer, art lover and freedom fighter, set against the dramatic events leading to the overthrow of the apartheid regime in South Africa. As a young man, Albie defended those committed to ending apartheid in South Africa. For his actions as a lawyer, he was imprisoned in solitary confinement in Cape Town, tortured through sleep deprivation and forced into exile. In 1988 he was blown up by a car bomb set by the South African security forces in Maputo, Mozambique, which cost him his right arm and the sight of one eye, but miraculously he survived and after a long year of rehabilitation in England, he recovered. The film includes a chilling interview with Henry Van Der Westhuizen, the man responsible for overseeing the bombing. Returning to South Africa following the release of Nelson Mandela, Albie helped write the new Constitution and was then appointed as one of the first 11 judges to the new Constitutional Court. Today Albie continues his work as an advocate for international human rights and truth and reconciliation around the globe, seeking peace and justice without retribution."--Film website, viewed September 21, 2022.
Note:Originally produced as a motion picture in 2014.
Call Number:DT1949.S23 S65 2014 PAL VideoDVD
Credits:Producer and director, Abby Ginsberg ; editor, co-producer, Ken Schneider ; writer, Rich Goldsmith ; cinematography, Nic Hofmeyer ; music, Marco D'Ambrosio.
System Details:Burned DVD, PAL format: Not compatible with some American DVD players or NTSC-only systems.
Participant or Performer:
Narrator, Alfre Woodard; partipants, Sol Carvalho, Arthur Chaskalson, Dennis Goldberg.
Source of Description:
Title from title frames.