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Struggle doccies an awakening

WHY SO LONG?

BY TELLING stories of murdered anti-apartheid activists through the eyes of their children, an award-winning documentary filmmaker’s production depicts their pain, suffering and frustration at how the perpetrators got off the hook with little or no consequences.

Enver Samuel’s Truth Be Told, a six-part documentary series which is scheduled for a rerun on SABC, brings into focus the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s work and the corresponding action – or lack of it – from the National Prosecuting Authority.

Two of the KwaZulu-Natal-linked documentaries are set for screening at Durban’s Bat

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