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1 online resource (streaming video file) (101 minutes): .flv file, sound |
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Can we forgive the past to survive the future? This was the question Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu asked of the South African people after a brutal half-century of Apartheid. For a moment in time, the country said yes. From 1996 to 1999, victims and perpetrators told their stories face-to-face before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The world watched in amazement as the truth of a nation was placed on the table, averting an expected bloodbath. Then the headlines faded, as did the idea. A SNAKE GIVES BIRTH TO A SNAKE follows a group of South African actors, an American director, and a legendary composer as they try to resurrect that experiment in healing before it disappears. As they challenge audiences to wrestle with their fears and hatreds, the actors begin to question the fragile reconciliation that's held them together. Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the **Atlanta Film Festival.** WInner of the Social Justice Award at the **Santa Barbara International Film Festival.** |
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Title from title frames |
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Film |
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In Process Record |
| Performer |
Hugh Masekela |
| Event |
Originally produced by Documentary Educational Resources in 2008 |
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In Afrikaans,Albanian,Bosnian,English,Serbian,Xhosa,Zulu |
| Subject |
African studies
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Theater.
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Artists.
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Human rights.
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Performing arts.
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Enthnology
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Documentary films.
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theater (discipline)
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artists (visual artists)
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Artists.
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Documentary films.
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Human rights.
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Performing arts.
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Theater.
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Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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Documentaires.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Lessac, Michael, film director
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Masekela, Hugh, actor
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Documentary Educational Resources (Firm)
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Kanopy (Firm)
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