Return of the Native
1991 BBC Two
Donald Woods returns to South Africa after twelve years in exile. As a newspaper editor, he befriended the anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, was banned and then escaped from his homeland. His story was seen around the world in the film 'Cry Freedom'. Now he meets old friends and adversaries and gives his personal assessment of South Africa's future.
A Television Viewpoint production for BBC 'Assignment'
FILM CREDITS
| Photography | Jonathan Partridge |
| Sound | Warwick Swinney |
| Production Manager | Jo Veale |
| Editor | Peter Minns |
| Director | John Bridcut |
REVIEWS
'John Bridcut's outstanding, beautifully shot documentary'
'After two decades of television programmes about South Africa offering little but strife, rancour, mutual misunderstanding and sometimes almost the unspoken wish for a bloody ending, 'Return of the Native' was a tonic of hope, optimisma and belief, yet strongly spiced with realism'