In a Time of Violence: The Line

This controversial political thriller, which provoked mass demonstrations and nine deaths in South Africa when it was first shown, gives dramatic form to the African National Congress's basic program of reconcilliation within a non-racialist, democratic society. A train massacre by an Inkatha militant causes the sole witness to the crime to flee the Soweto townships to take refuge in Johannesburg; but the violence follows him when his ANC comrades try to buy guns for a retaliatory raid against Inkatha supporters.

Director: Brian Tilley

Cast: Vusi Kunene, Grace Mahlaba, Ramalao Makhene, Jerry Mofokeng, Filimone Meigos, Marcel Van Heerden, Sello Maake, Connie Chiume

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