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An act of defiance / written and directed by Jean van de Velde ; produced by Richard Claus, Michael Auret ; screenplay by Dominic Morgan & Matt Harvey and Jean van de Velde ; a Richard Claus & Co. and Spier Films production ; a Cinema Management Group presentation.
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Afrikaans
- English
- Zulu
- Subjects (All):
- Joffe, Joel--Film adaptations.
- Joffe, Joel.
- Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013--Trials, litigations, etc.
- Mandela, Nelson.
- Fischer, Bram, 1908-1975.
- Fischer, Bram.
- Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013.
- Rivonia Trial, Pretoria, South Africa, 1964.
- Trials (Political crimes and offenses)--South Africa.
- Trials (Political crimes and offenses).
- Political activists--South Africa--Biography.
- Political activists.
- South Africa.
- Apartheid.
- South Africa--History--1961-1994.
- History.
- South Africa--Pretoria.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Feature films.
- History.
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Legal films.
- Historical films.
- Biographical films.
- Film adaptations.
- Motion pictures, South African.
- Motion pictures, Dutch.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (123 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, California : Menemsha Films, 2018.
- Language Note:
- In English, Afrikaans and Zulu with subtitles in English.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation.
- digital optical
- widescreen (1.85:1)
- NTSC
- video file DVD video region 1
- Summary:
- Ten political activists (including Nelson Mandela and his inner circle of Black and Jewish supporters) face a possible death sentence for conspiracy to commit sabotage after they are arrested by the apartheid South African government during a raid in the town of Rivonia in the summer of 1963. Bram Fischer, a sympathetic lawyer, risks his career and freedom to defend these men, attempting to hide the fact that he, too, frequently convened on the farm where they were arrested.
- Participant:
- Peter Paul Muller, Antoinette Louw, Sello Motloung, Sean Ventner, Izel Bezuidenhout, Clayton Boyd, Hannes Brummer.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Miles Goodall; editor, Sander Vos; music, Floris Verbeij.
- Notes:
- Based on The state versus Nelson Mandela / by Joel Joffe.
- Best Film Feature, Dayton Jewish Film Festival, 2018
- Best Film, UK Jewish Film Festival, 2017
- Gold Award, Mill Valley Film Festival, 2017
- OCLC:
- 1042192048
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