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Long Night's Journey Into Day
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Long Night's Journey Into Day reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 85 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
10.0 out of 10
based on 4 reviews
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MPAA RATING: Not rated

Starring Mary Burton, Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, Jann Turner, Desmond Tutu, Tony Weaver, and Glenda Wildschut

This documentary examines South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Committee and its efforts to bring together parties on both sides of human rights violations that occurred under Apartheid.


GENRE(S): Documentary  
DIRECTED BY: Deborah Hoffmann
Frances Reid
 
RELEASE DATE: Theatrical: March 9, 2001 
RUNNING TIME: 90 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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100
Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
A magnificent documentary.
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80
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Not merely affecting and illuminating; it concludes on a note of hope.
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80
LA Weekly Ella Taylor
Frances Reid and Deborah Hoffman's heart-stopping, Oscar-nominated documentary about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is narrow in focus, but broad in its reach for insight into the power of public drama.
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70
Variety Emanuel Levy
Demonstrates the impossibility of separating the private from the public dimensions of politics, and the pain involved in trying to account for behavior that cannot withstand rational examination.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 10.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes
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Pat C. gave it a10:
A modest understated documentary of epic implication and transcendent impact, universally applicable in its portrayal of human injustice and redemption.

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