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Love, Communism, revolution & Rivonia : Bram Fischer's story / Shoot the Breeze Productions ; MNet New Directions ; directors, Sharon Farr, Lee Otten ; producers, Sharon Farr, Lee Otten.
LIBRA DVD/PAL 021 918
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fischer, Bram, 1908-1975.
- Fischer, Bram.
- Communists--South Africa--Biography.
- Communists.
- Apartheid--South Africa.
- Apartheid.
- South Africa.
- South Africa--Politics and government--1948-1961.
- Politics and government.
- South Africa--Politics and government--1961-1978.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Bram Fischer's story
- Love, Communism, revolution and Rivonia
- Place of Publication:
- [Johannesburg] : MNet, 2006.
- System Details:
- DVD; PAL; Region 2.
- digital
- optical
- PAL
- video file
- DVD video
- region 2
- Summary:
- This is a powerful documentary on the life of Bram Fischer, the South African attorney responsible for saving Nelson Mandela and the Rivonia trialists from the death sentence during the Rivonia Treason Trial. The film traces his life from his early years in the heart of Afrkaner aristocracy to leading the South African Communist Party in the struggle against apartheid and life imprisonment. The film includes interviews with his daughters, comrades and colleagues from the Rivonia Trials, photographs and archival footage.
- Participant:
- Michael Rice (Bram Fischer).
- Credits:
- Camera, Chris Lotz ; sound, Joe Dlamini, Felix Grove ; script, Sharon Farr ; voice over, Shado Twala.
- OCLC:
- 317918684
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