Zola Budd remains for most people an enigma. Yet this frail athlete became a symbol in the bitter battle against apartheid in South Africa.
Her silence condemned her in the eyes of 'activists' who ensured that she was banished from athletics in general and the Olympic
Games in particular. In this film, she finds a committed champion in actor Kenneth Griffith. He sets out to discover why, as he sees it, she was so cruelly victimised. His quest takes him to South Africa where he interviews Zola at her home. After rebuffs by Winnie Mandela and Bishop Tutu , those who did agree to meet Griffith -
Peter Hain in London, Helen Suzman , Christian Barnard , Chief Bothelezi and others in South Africa - are subjected to a passionate 'grilling' as Griffith makes clear his own distaste for those who organised the ban on Budd.
Cameramen GRENVILLE MIDDLETON CHRIS SCmiTTE
Produced by KENNETH GRIFFITH