I assisted in pre production on this film when research was done by the filmmakers into the TRC witch hunt trials held in my country. The TRC process needlessly reopened up old wounds, an example of this is where a former terrorist is treated like royalty at one of the hearings while a distressed family member of one of the terrorists' bombs is almost strip searched and humiliated at the venue's security gates.
Advice to foreign filmmakers: deal with your own country's issues before tackling South Africa's issues: our history was ours to live and our stories are ours to tell.
Once you have dealt with your own horrible histories, then you can tell ours, not before.
Advice to foreign filmmakers: deal with your own country's issues before tackling South Africa's issues: our history was ours to live and our stories are ours to tell.
Once you have dealt with your own horrible histories, then you can tell ours, not before.