In the mid 1980s, no nation’s future looked as hopeless as South Africa’s. Diehard supporters of the apartheid regime were pitted against a black national liberation movement that was edging toward all-out armed rebellion. But, on the brink of catastrophe, a miracle occurred. Thanks to an improbable mediator, a series of risky and secret talks began.
Seemingly doomed to failure, the secret talks were held against a backdrop of terrorism, spying, blackmail and escalating unrest. The international cast includes Chiwetel Ejiofor as President Thabo Mbeki; William Hurt as Professor Will Esterhuyse; Jonny Lee Miller as British businessman and negotiator Michael Young; Derek Jacobi as Young’s boss; and Clarke Peters as Nelson Mandela.
Friday, August 6 at 9:30 p.m. on PBS-HD.
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