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Ninety Days

on BBC One London

An account of imprisonment and interrogation
What happens to the human mind in solitary confinement?
How are interrogations conducted?
At what point do people crack?
In this reconstruction Ruth First relives the solitary confinement and questioning she was subjected to in South Africa in 1963.
With Arthur Cross, Maurice Podbrey, Dennis Cleary, Leo Britt, Jack Niles, Doreen Ubels, Esme Goldberg, Margaret Durnell, Stephen Nel, Arch Taylor, Robert Russen
This film is based on the book 117 Days by Ruth First
See page 44

Contributors

Produced and directed by:
Jack Gold
Subject/based on the book 117 Days by:
Ruth First
Narrator:
John McGavin
[Actor]:
Arthur Cross
[Actor]:
Maurice Podbrey
[Actor]:
Dennis Cleary
[Actor]:
Leo Britt
[Actor]:
Jack Niles
[Actress]:
Doreen Ubels
Speaker:
Esme Goldberg
[Actress]:
Margaret Durnell
[Actor]:
Stephen Nel
[Actor]:
Arch Taylor
[Actor]:
Robert Russen

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