BRAM FISCHER – LOVE, COMMUNISM, REVOLUTION & RIVONIA

Bram Fischer’s journey from being at the heart of Afrikaner aristocracy to leading the South African Communist Party in the struggle against apartheid. He led the defense at the Rivonia Treason Trial, arguably saving Nelson Mandela and other ANC leaders from execution.

When all Fischer’s comrades were jailed or exiled, he took a defiant solitary stand, speaking out against the Afrikaner Establishment and the apartheid government. Pursued by the State’s security police agents, for a while he lived in disguise as apartheid’s most wanted man. Finally, he was captured and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1966.

A story of courage, conviction and unswerving vision of a non-racial South Africa.

Documentary
81’
Betacam
Colour

Original languages
English

Title
Bram Fischer – Love, communism, revolution & Rivonia (2006)

Director
Sharon Farr

Production
Sharon Farr