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Desmond Tutu's Children of the Light (2014)

Desmond Tutu's Children of the Light poster
Original title
Children of the Light
Directed by
Dawn Gifford Engle
Genre
documentary film
Country
India, Peru, South Africa, People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 32m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel Prize winner and key figure in modern South Africa. It uses archival footage, family photos, and new interviews to show his life and work.

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What happens

Children of the Light is a documentary film produced by The PeaceJam Foundation about the life of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. It is the first film to tell the life story of Nobel Prize winner Desmond Tutu, one of the fathers of modern-day South Africa, and features extensive archival footage, family photos and never-before-seen interviews. It premiered at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival on June 8, 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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