If you’re in the US tonight and you’re close to a TV, watch Egyptian filmmaker Jihan Al-Tahri’s documentary film, “Behind the Rainbow” (trailer above), about the years between the South African ANC’s unbanning in 1990, the taking of political power and its December 2007 conference when the disastrous Thabo Mbeki was unseated by Jacob Zuma as the party’s leader. It is an expansive film–and probably the definitive documentary–of the first decade or so of democratic rule in South Africa, at least of the developments within the ruling party.
I saw it when it first came out and take my word for it, it is worth the almost 2 hours. (Unlike with most other films, you can’t view it online).
