The Truth and Reconciliation Commission

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[[The (or ) was a landmark political and psychological process initiated by the newly elected democratic government elected in 1994.

The Commission

The TRC and the arts in South Africa

A source of topics and themes

Some plays, films and other performances using the TRC as theme:

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As a performance and/or [theatrical event]]

???? Besides being a landmark political and psychological process initiated by the government and providing the themes and topics for many theatrical works, the series of public hearings held by the Commission constituted a set of theatrical events in their own right. Followed by millions on television, attended by thousands, “reviewed” in the national and regional newspapers, reported on in every news bulletin between 1995 to 1997, their dramatic structure and impact are indisputable. So too their impact on the psyche of the evolving South African society. ***** [details of dates, times etc?]


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