Back Home: Roots of a New South Africa
(1 x 60' & 1 x 90')
Three men who were forced to spend years and years on Robben Island Tat Elias, Vusumzi Mcongo, Tat Sindile Mngqibisa - imprisoned by the apartheid regime. After their release they are free to turn their back on the island, but these three men return to Robben Island every day - still living and now working on the island which changed their lives as well as the life within South Africa. What is it that makes them come back? Is it the freedom they now have, the choice to come and go? How have their lives been under the New South Africa? Back Home follows the paths of these three extraordinary men as we relive their time as victims of the apartheid system, their memories reflecting the shocking experiences on the prison island. Starting from the construction of the prison and ending with Nelson Mandela's release, for the first time, this program will reveal the stories of the men... [more]