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A Common Purpose

Directed by Mitzi Goldman
2012    75m
6.5
Twenty Five people are convicted of murder and fourteen of them are sentenced to hang, one lawyer is assassinated and the other chooses exile in this dramatic story behind a notorious murder trial that marks South Africa's transition from the apartheid era to a new South Africa. Told through the perspectives of defense lawyer, Andrea Durbach, The Independent journalist, John Carlin, and the accused themselves, the story unfolds to reveal a landmark victory in legal history's biggest case on extenuation. A timeless and inspirational story about the fight for justice in a country where injustice was enshrined in law.
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Cast of A Common Purpose
  • Justice BekebekeSelf - 'Upington 25' accused #10
  • Susan BekebekeSelf - Justice Bekebeke's mother
  • Myner Gudlani BovuSelf - 'Upington 25' accused #5
  • John CarlinSelf - South African correspondent 1989-1995, The Independent
  • Evelina de BruinSelf - Upington '25 accused' #18
  • Andrea DurbachSelf - solicitor for the 'Upington 25'
  • Alfred GubulaSelf
  • Eric GubulaSelf
  • Abel KutuSelf - 'Upington 25' accused #3
  • Anton LubowskiSelf - Namibian anti-apartheid activist and advocate
  • Beatrice SethwalaSelf - mother of lynching victim Lucas 'Jetta' Sethwala
  • Zuko XabendliniSelf
  • Xolile YonaSelf - Upington '25 accused' #20

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