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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.

Contributors:

Ginzberg, Abby , film producer, film director

Woodard, Alfre, 1953- , narrator

Carvalho, Sol , interviewee

Chaskalson, Arthur , interviewee

Goldberg, Denis, 1933-202 , interviewee

Ginzberg Productions , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Ford Foundation , sponsoring body

Good Docs (Firm) , distributor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/dst

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Closed captioning available.

Subjects:

Sachs, Albie, 1935-

South Africa — Politics and government

South Africa — Race relations

South Africa — History

Democracy — South Africa

Apartheid — South Africa

South Africa Constitutional Court

Constitutional history — South Africa

Race relations

Democracy

Apartheid

Politics and government

Constitutional history

South Africa

Genres:

Internet videos

Documentary films

Nonfiction films

Feature films

Online media

History

System Details:

Digital format: System requirements: Adobe Flash or equivalent.

Performers:

Narrator, Alfre Woodard; Sol Carvalho, Arthur Chaskalson, Dennis Goldberg.

Production Credits:

Editor & co-producer, Ken Schneider ; writer, Rich Goldsmith; cinematography, Nic Hofmeyer.

General Notes:

Streaming media.
Restricted to the University of North Texas System.
Originally produced by: Ginzberg Productions, ©2014.
Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed October 01, 2021).
Public performance rights included.
Institutional Streaming Licenses permit screening on the Unified Campus to a group only when no admission is charged and there is no advertising outside the learning community.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 26 min.)) : sound, color

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

video file

Call Numbers:

Online Video

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Docuseek2: gd-sv

OCLC Numbers:

1276815026

Other Control Numbers:

[Unknown Type]: doc00002098