Fresh
Other Man reminds us how much there is to marvel at in the country's transition from minority white to black rule.
John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter
The Other Man: F.W. de Klerk and the End of Apartheid
2014 · 1h 15m · N/A
Documentary, History
Directed by
Nicolas Rossier
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The Other Man: F.W. de Klerk and the End of Apartheid
Overview
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 deputy 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 journey and legacy of this complicated figure.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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Rotten
Haphazard both as biography and historical survey, the film asks more salient questions than it can answer in a rushed 76 minutes.
Guy Lodge, Variety
Fresh
None of this is particularly cinematic ... but it is engaging, mainly because the stakes were so high and the statesmanship so delicate.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Fresh
Rossier allows space for the man's culpability even as he convincingly shows that without de Klerk's involvement, the struggle for black liberation would have been much harder and taken much longer.
Ernest Hardy, Village Voice
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