Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard

2012
5.5| 1h42m| en
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Director Tony Palmer tells the incredible life story of Athol Fugard, the prolific playwright, novelist, and director who exposed the horrors of South Africa's apartheid system for the entire world to see. Interviews with Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela, Yvonne Bryceland and others help to illuminate Fugard's remarkable legacy.

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Monkeywess This is an astonishing documentary that will wring your heart while it bends your mind
Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.
Calum Hutton It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...
Beulah Bram A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

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