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Shot secretly in 1982, this film documents the story of young members of the African National Congress, sentenced to death or to life imprisonment in South Africa for their activities to end apartheid. Interviews the parents they left behind when they fled the country to join the liberation movement after the Soweto uprising, talks to student leaders and trade unionists, and addresses the question of armed struggle in South Africa.

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Shot secretly in 1982, this film documents the story of young members of the African National Congress, sentenced to death or to life imprisonment in South Africa for their activities to end apartheid. Interviews the parents they left behind when they fled the country to join the liberation movement after the Soweto uprising, talks to student leaders and trade unionists, and addresses the question of armed struggle in South Africa.

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