PRISONERS OF HOPE (1995) 60 min.

A moving account of the return of 1,250 former political prisoners to the notorious Robben Island prison in South Africa -- led by President Nelson Mandela in 1995. This film documents the historically unprecedented moments of a reunion of former prisoners in a newly democratizing South Africa. Interviews with Nelson Mandela, Achmed Kathrada and many others, as the future of this gulag is debated. Directed by Danny Schechter with Academy Award winner Barbara Kopple.

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