The other man : F.W. de Klerk and the end of apartheid

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The other man : F.W. de Klerk and the end of apartheid

Title remainder

F.W. de Klerk and the end of apartheid

Statement of responsibility

produced by Baraka Productions in association with Naashon Zalk Media and Downtown Community Television ; a film produced and directed by Nicolas Rossier ; producers Naashon Zalk and Tami Woronoff

Title variation

F.W. de Klerk and the end of apartheid

Contributor

• Mbeki, Thabo
• Naashon Zalk Media
• Baraka Productions
• Downtown Community Television
• Lapsley, Michael
• First-Run Features (Firm)
• Woronoff, Tami
• Zalk, Naashon
• Rossier, Nicolas

Distributor

• First-Run Features (Firm)

Film director

• Rossier, Nicolas

Film producer

• Woronoff, Tami
• Zalk, Naashon
• Rossier, Nicolas

Interviewee

• Mbeki, Thabo
• Lapsley, Michael

Production company

• Naashon Zalk Media
• Baraka Productions
• Downtown Community Television

Subject

• Nonfiction films
• De Klerk, F. W., (Frederik Willem)
• Nonfiction films
• De Klerk, F. W., (Frederik Willem)
• South Africa
• Politics and government
• Apartheid -- South Africa
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Documentary films
• 1989 - 1994
• Apartheid
• Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Documentary films
• Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013
• South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1989-1994

Genre

• Nonfiction films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Documentary films

Language

• eng
• eng
• eng

Summary

"It could have been a bloodbath of historic proportions. But instead, one man made the end of apartheid possible: in February 1990, President F.W. de Klerk lifted the ban on the African National Congress and ordered the release of Nelson Mandela. As the world celebrated, Mandela would go on to become South Africa's first democratically elected president -- with de Klerk as his Vice President. But de Klerk's history is complicated. Before becoming president, he was a virulent defender of white Africans and their privileges, and helped lead the policy of 'Total Onslaught, Total Strategy' against ANC activists. And his own term as president was marred by violence, often at the hands of his own security forces. What pushed this man to reverse his beliefs and jumpstart the process of making South Africa a more equal and just nation? Featuring in-depth interviews with de Klerk himself, former president Thabo Mbeki, anti-apartheid activists Father Michael Lapsley and Mathews Phosa, Yasmin Sooka (of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission), Richard Goldstone (who headed the Goldstone Commission investigations into political violence) and many others, filmmaker Nic Rossier explores the fascinating political journey and legacy of this complex figure"--Container

Cataloging source

PX0

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Editor, Cameron Clendaniel ; director of photography, Naashon Zalk ; music, Sebastian Kauderer

Dewey number

968.06/4

Language note

In English; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)

LC call number

DT1970

LC item number

.O85 2015

PerformerNote

F.W. De Klerk, Thabo Mbeki, Michael Lapsley, Mathews Phosa, Richard Goldstone

Runtime

75

Technique

live action