The story of two South Africans who took part in the struggle against Apartheid. It is a story of lives spent in camouflage, in danger and in loneliness but inspired by the vision of a free society.
Lives of courage and humanity, but fraught, too, with doubt and disappointment as the contradictions of the armed struggle unfold around them and the ideals which maintain them threaten to fall apart.
This film was launched at the Berliner Film Festival 2004 and shown in nearly 20 festivals in five continents.
Winner of the 2005 North Rhine Westfalia’s prestigious “One World Film Prize”
I participated in this film because I wanted to convey to younger generations the hardship of wars, the messiness of recovery and how important it is to pursue peaceful change.
Too often violent struggles under the banner of human rights are glorified and the hardships minimised. Rarely does such violence achieve more than peaceful change. Today, we look at the aspirations of a democratic South Africa seriously compromised by corruption. So, I think that my interest in making this film has special value in these times.
Co-directors Angela Mai and Gisela Albrecht have both dedicated their lives to defending human rights, with much of their efforts devoted the challenging racial discrimination and apartheid.