Synopsis:
After being banned from South Africa thirty years earlier for his
reporting during the apartheid era, award winning filmmaker and
journalist John Pilger goes back with Alan Lowey to witness the
benefits that democracy has brought to its people. Pilger questions
to what extent has the black majority benefited from the democratic
changes in comparison to the white minority. The film also includes
an interview with Nelson Mandela and footage of 1976 riots.
Awards
Gold Award in the category of 'Film & Video Production:
Political/International Issues', Worldfest-Flagstaff, 1998.
Certificate for Creative Excellence (third place), U.S.
International Film & Video Festival, Elmhurst, Illinois, 1999.
Synopsis:
After being banned from South Africa thirty years earlier for his
reporting during the apartheid era, award winning filmmaker and
journalist John Pilger goes back with Alan Lowey to witness the
benefits that democracy has brought to its people. Pilger questions
to what extent has the black majority benefited from the democratic
changes in comparison to the white minority. The film also includes
an interview with Nelson Mandela and footage of 1976 riots.