{"id":52,"date":"2012-05-22T18:26:39","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T18:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.irisfilms.org\/site\/?page_id=52"},"modified":"2012-06-13T15:33:03","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T15:33:03","slug":"long-nights-journey-into-day","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.irisfilms.org\/site\/films\/long-nights-journey-into-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Night&#8217;s Journey into Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/43087803\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>W<\/strong>elcome\u00a0to\u00a0<strong>Long Night\u2019s Journey Into Day<\/strong>, the documentary that takes\u00a0you inside post-apartheid South Africa to give you an intimate look\u00a0at a country\u2019s attempts to heal itself with truth as the balm.<\/p>\n<p>On January 30, 2000,\u00a0this 35mm film, directed by award-winning, Bay area filmmakers Frances\u00a0Reid and Deborah Hoffmann, was awarded the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sundancechannel.com\/festival00\/\">Sundance\u00a0Film Festival<\/a>\u00a0Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary. For more information\u00a0about the award, please visit the Sundance Film Festival\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sundancechannel.com\/festival00\/filmguide\/sub_index.tin?Section=documentary_competiti&amp;Film=long_nights_journey_.tin\" target=\"_blank\">online\u00a0home<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Long Night\u2019s\u00a0Journey Into Day<\/strong>\u00a0reveals a South Africa trying to forge a lasting\u00a0peace after 40 years of government by the most notorious system of racial\u00a0segregation since Nazi Germany. The documentary studies South Africa\u2019s\u00a0Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), set up by the post-apartheid,\u00a0democratic government to consider amnesty for perpetrators of crimes\u00a0committed under apartheid\u2019s reign.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.irisfilms.org\/site\/wp-content\/plugins\/image-shadow\/cache\/34ca4f76e16e5a0a52e6af69462fa5f5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"263\" align=\"right\" \/>On\u00a0this web site you will find in-depth information about the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.irisfilms.org\/long-nights-journey-into-day\/ln_biehl.htm\">Stories<\/a>\u00a0the film chronicles.<\/p>\n<p>Wondering when Long\u00a0Night\u2019s Journey will screen in your area? Click here for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.irisfilms.org\/long-nights-journey-into-day\/ln_news.htm#screen\">Screening\u00a0Dates<\/a>. You can read\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.irisfilms.org\/long-nights-journey-into-day\/ln_news.htm\">News\u00a0and Reviews<\/a>\u00a0on what the critics have to say about the documentary.<\/p>\n<p>The filmmakers reveal\u00a0their motives and experiences in creating the documentary in a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.irisfilms.org\/long-nights-journey-into-day\/ln_qanda.htm\">Filmmaker\u00a0Q&amp;A<\/a>. Want to know more about the filmmakers and their\u00a0previous works?\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.irisfilms.org\/site\/films\/long-nights-journey-into-day\/ln_pcred.htm\">Production\u00a0Credits<\/a>\u00a0tell you all that as well as who did what in the\u00a0making of\u00a0<strong>Long Night\u2019s Journey Into Day<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Want to know more\u00a0about the people behind\u00a0<strong>Long Night\u2019s Journey Into Day<\/strong>\u00a0and how<br \/>\nto get in touch with them via email? Click on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.irisfilms.org\/site\/films\/long-nights-journey-into-day\/ln_cntct.htm\">Contact\u00a0Us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To catch a glimpse\u00a0of the content, go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.irisfilms.org\/site\/films\/long-nights-journey-into-day\/ln_prev.htm\">Sneak\u00a0Previews<\/a>\u00a0to screen Quicktime movie excerpts.<\/p>\n<p>Want more in-depth\u00a0background on apartheid? The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.irisfilms.org\/site\/films\/long-nights-journey-into-day\/ln_history.htm\">History<\/a>\u00a0page provides an historical context in a scrolling timeline.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like\u00a0to order a copy of Long Night\u2019s Journey for your school, university\u00a0or community organization or to schedule a theatrical screening, please\u00a0contact one of our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsreel.org\/nav\/title.asp?tc=CN0056\" target=\"_blank\">Distributors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Shot\u00a0over 2 1\/2 years during 8 trips to South Africa,\u00a0<strong>Long Night\u2019s Journey\u00a0Into Day<\/strong>tracks the human drama of just a handful of the 10,000\u00a0requests for amnesty that came before the TRC. In exchange for absolute\u00a0truth about their activities and human rights abuses, perpetrators could\u00a0earn amnesty for the crimes they committed before Apartheid collapsed\u00a0in 1994.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Long Night\u2019s\u00a0Journey Into Day<\/strong>\u00a0takes viewers to the hearings where murderers meet\u00a0the surviving family members of their victims in four cases: The Amy\u00a0Biehl Story, The Cradock 4, the Magoo\u2019s Bar Bombing and The Guguletu\u00a07.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.irisfilms.org\/site\/wp-content\/plugins\/image-shadow\/cache\/0bc1796f5b7728f6638bfe029082b7a7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" align=\"left\" \/>The\u00a0stories in the film underscore the universal themes of conflict, forgiveness,\u00a0and renewal. A white special forces officer, deeply remorseful for the\u00a0crimes he committed, struggles to reach peace with the embittered wife\u00a0of a black activist he killed 14 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>A group of mothers,\u00a0after enduring years of misinformation and denials by the authorities,\u00a0learns the truth about how their sons were set up, betrayed, and killed\u00a0in a vicious police conspiracy.<\/p>\n<p>A young black activist\u00a0comes to recognize the anguish he caused by killing a white California\u00a0student during a mob riot, while her parents see past their pain to embrace a new, multi-racial South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The TRC is raising\u00a0some of the most profound moral and ethical questions facing the world\u00a0today \u2013 questions\u00a0about\u00a0justice, truth, forgiveness, redemption, and the ability ofbrutalized\u00a0and brutalizing individuals to subsequently coexist in harmony.<\/p>\n<p>As it emerges from\u00a0its tragedy, South Africa is showing the rest of the world that even\u00a0the most bitter of conflicts can be addressed through honesty and communication.\u00a0<strong>Long<\/strong><strong>Night\u2019s Journey Into Day<\/strong>\u00a0is witness to history in\u00a0the making.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome\u00a0to\u00a0Long Night\u2019s Journey Into Day, the documentary that takes\u00a0you inside post-apartheid South Africa to give you an intimate look\u00a0at a country\u2019s attempts to heal itself with truth as the balm. On January 30, 2000,\u00a0this 35mm film, directed by award-winning, Bay &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irisfilms.org\/site\/films\/long-nights-journey-into-day\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"LongNight_template.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-52","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.irisfilms.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.irisfilms.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.irisfilms.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.irisfilms.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.irisfilms.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.irisfilms.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":355,"href":"http:\/\/www.irisfilms.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52\/revisions\/355"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.irisfilms.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.irisfilms.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}