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Long Night's Journey into Day (1999)

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Reviews Counted: 15

Fresh: 14

Rotten:1

Average Rating: 7.5/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Mar 9, 2001 Limited

Synopsis: After dismantling the institutional apartheid of South Africa, the newly-elected government faced the daunting task of coming to terms with the brutal legacy of racism, repression, and violence... After dismantling the institutional apartheid of South Africa, the newly-elected government faced the daunting task of coming to terms with the brutal legacy of racism, repression, and violence that dominated the nation's history, and determining whom should be held accountable for these crimes against humanity. Toward that objective, the government appointed the Rev. Desmond Tutu to head up the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), whom offered to consider amnesty--on a case by case basis--to perpetrators of politically motivated crimes, so long as the participants promised full disclosure of all facts at publicly-held hearings. Their goal: to heal South Africa's wounds through national catharsis and reconciliatory justice, and to create a foundation of truth upon which to build a new, more just society. Of the over 7,000 cases presented to the TRC, this documentary focuses on four presumably typical--though equally complicated and emotional--amnesty cases: the plea filed by the four young men from Cape Town jailed for the murder of Amy Biehl--a white Fulbright scholar from Stanford University; the murder and incineration of two school teacher/activists--Fort Calata and Matthew Goniwe--by white police in rural Cradock; African National Congress radical Robert McBride's hearing for the car bombing that resulted in the deaths of three young white women in Durban; and the case of the "Guguletu 7," in which seven young black men where recruited into a revolutionary faction set-up by a black double-agent, and then murdered by the police as terrorists. Comprised of trial footage, police testimonials, newsreels, and interviews with both victims and perpetrators, American documentary team Reid and Hoffmann have created an exceptional documentary that serves as an effective and chilling parable of humanity's capacity for both depthless cruelty and deeply-felt compassion. [More]

Director: Frances Reid, Deborah Hoffmann

Director: Frances Reid, Deborah Hoffmann
Studio: Seventh Art Releasing

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06/12/01
David Sterritt
Christian Science Monitor

Not merely affecting and illuminating; it concludes on a note of hope.

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03/12/01
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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You Should Pay Nine Bucks to See This If: Because you're not going to learn about this stuff from the evening news.

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03/08/01
Dave White
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As they demonstrated in their previous collaborations ... Reid and Hoffmann tackle controversial issues with passion and conviction.

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02/14/01
Emanuel Levy
Variety
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Long Night's Journey Into Day succeeds in providing chilling glimpses into the horrors of apartheid.

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01/01/00
Daniel Eagan
Film Journal International

Spare, direct, and devastatingly effective, the film puts fuzzy, big-word concepts like absolution and redemption into an agonizingly vivid context.

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Dennis Lim
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A beautiful and often disturbing reflection on the nature of truth and forgiveness.

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Elvis Mitchell
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Moving and purposefully complex.

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Ernest Hardy
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Apartheid has been the subject of several documentaries and fiction films, most of them quite effective. But none has taken the troubling approach of Long Night's Journey Into Day.

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John Hartl
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Refreshingly free of the high-mindedness that plagues so many well-meaning documentaries.

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Lou Lumenick
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Wrenching, powerful material.

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