Soft Vengeance: Albie Sachs and the New South Africa

2014· 70 min· Documentary, Biography, History

Soft Vengeance is a film about Albie Sachs, a lawyer, writer, art lover and freedom fighter, set against the dramatic events leading to the overthrow of the apartheid regime in South Africa. Shining a spotlight on Albie's story provides a prism through which to view the challenges faced by those unable to tolerate a society founded on principles of slavery and disempowerment of South Africa's majority black population.

Cast: Sol Carvalho, Arthur Chaskalson, Dennis Goldberg, Nadine Gordimer

Director: Abby Ginzberg