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FRONTLINE; Endgame

06/08/2007

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Series
FRONTLINE
Program
Endgame
Program Number

2513 HD 001

Series Description

Premiered January 1983 Since January 1983, FRONTLINE has served as American public television's - PBS - flagship public affairs series. Hailed upon its television broadcast debut as "the last best hope for broadcast documentaries," FRONTLINE's stature over 23 years is reaffirmed each week through incisive documentaries covering the scope and complexity of the human experience. Series release date: 1/1983

Program Description

A nation teeters on the brink of civil war in this real-life political thriller about the negotiations that led to the end of apartheid in South Africa and the release of Nelson Mandela. The secret talks show that peace is possible... even against a backdrop of terrorism and escalating unrest. Seemingly doomed to failure, the secret talks were held against a backdrop of terrorism, spying, blackmail, and escalating unrest.

Michael Young, a British businessman working in South Africa, has the audacious hope of bringing both sides of the apartheid conflict together — the entrenched government and the rebel African National Congress (ANC). But when his dream of secret talks is realized on an estate in England, it quickly becomes clear that common ground will be elusive as explosive tensions boil just below the surface.

The international cast includes Chiwetel Ejiofor (American Gangster, Kinky Boots) as President Thabo Mbeki; William Hurt (Damages) as Professor Will Esterhuyse; Jonny Lee Miller (Eli Stone) as British businessman and negotiator Michael Young, Derek Jacobi (Gosford Park) as Young's boss, and Clarke Peters (The Wire) as Nelson Mandela.

Developed with the support of the MEDIA Programme of the European Community

Daybreak Pictures in association with Target Entertainment Group, WGBH Boston

© Endgame Films Ltd. 2008

Duration

00:56:46

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres
Documentary
Topics
Public Affairs
News
Citation
Chicago: “FRONTLINE; Endgame,” 06/08/2007, GBH Archives, accessed October 25, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_227A43CE3AFB44A8863AEDDD1540864B.
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