2017 One Book Film Festival: Long Night's Journey into Day

Program Type:

Featured, Art, Literature

Age Group:

Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults
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Event Details

This Oscar winning film tells four stories of Apartheid in South Africa, as seen through the eyes of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. White soldiers who have killed African National Congress activists, black activists who have killed whites in political attacks: can there be forgiveness when the full truth comes out? Directed by Deborah Hoffmann and Frances Reid, minutes, USA/South Africa, 2000.

Part of 9-film international screenings that speak to the themes of peacemaking, migration, resilience and reconciliation featured in the 2017 One Book San Diego selection The Sandcastle Girls by NYT bestselling novelist Chris Bohjalian. Introductions and post-screening audience discussion led by SDSU Professor and KPBS blogger Rebecca Romani.

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