2015
First Run Features
1 h 15 m

2015
First Run Features
1 h 15 m

Summary F.W. de Klerk was the last President of apartheid-era South Africa. In less than 4 years he went from being Mandela's jailor to his vice president. Together they changed history for the better and may have prevented a civil war, yet little is known about de Klerk. Through his probing lens, Rossier explores the fascinating political journ...

Directed By: Nicolas Rossier

Written By: Nicolas Rossier

2015
First Run Features
1 h 15 m

2015
First Run Features
1 h 15 m

The Other Man: F.W. de Klerk and the End of Apartheid

Name: The Other Man: F.W. de Klerk and the End of Apartheid
Genre: Documentary, Biography, History
Released: 2015-02-06
Duration: 1 min 15 s
Rating: 62

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews

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The Hollywood Reporter

Feb 13, 2015

Rossier strikes a delicate but credible balance between the former leader's unambiguous statements that he didn't know anything about assassinations and critics' insistence that, even if he didn't specifically give orders, he was "politically and morally responsible."

By John DeFore FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Feb 5, 2015

None of this is particularly cinematic (he relies much too heavily on title cards to fill in historical blanks), but it is engaging, mainly because the stakes were so high and the statesmanship so delicate.

By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW

Village Voice

Feb 3, 2015

The film itself is solidly and conventionally crafted. Newsreels and stock footage alternate with fresh interviews with friends and scholars, steadfast supporters and unabashed detractors. The political life it maps out fascinates.

By Ernest Hardy FULL REVIEW

Variety

Feb 10, 2015

It’s an opportunity only half seized: Haphazard both as biography and historical survey, the film asks more salient questions than it can answer in a rushed 76 minutes.

By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW

Slant Magazine

Feb 2, 2015

The material being offered has been edited, composed, and made sentimental with the rigor of a political ad campaign.

By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Agoras Media, Baraka Productions, Downtown Community Television Center, Naashon Zalk Media

Release Date Feb 6, 2015

Duration 1 h 15 m

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