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Bram Fischer (also titled An Act of Defiance) is a 2017 film about South African lawyer Bram Fischer who defended Nelson Mandela and his co-defendants at the Rivonia Trial of 1963–1964. The film was directed by Jean van de Velde and was featured in several film festivals. [1]
Mar 1, 2017 · An Act of Defiance. In apartheid-ruled South Africa, a renowned lawyer struggles to hide his secret affiliation to the nation's chief resistance movement - as he takes on defending a group of its arrested members, including its leader, Nelson Mandela.
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- Biography
- Jean van de Velde
- 2017-03-01
Bram Fischer. Nelson Mandela and nine others stand trial on charges of committing sabotage and violent acts against the government during the apartheid era in South Africa.
- Grethe Kemp
- Biography
- Jean Van de Velde
May 7, 2019 · Published: May 7, 2019 9:22am EDT. In October 1963 Nelson Mandela and nine of his African National Congress (ANC) comrades went on trial in South Africa’s capital Pretoria on charges of sabotage....
Apr 13, 2017 · When ten men are arrested on a farm in Rivonia for conspiring to commit sabotage and violent acts against the repressive S. African government, tenacious lawyer Bram Fisher steps up to the challenge as lead counsel.
When ten men are arrested on a farm in Rivonia for conspiring to commit sabotage and violent acts against the repressive S. African government, tenacious lawyer Bram Fisher steps up to the challenge as lead counsel.
- 124 min
Sep 24, 2007 · Storyline. Bram Fischer led the defense at the Rivonia Trial saving Mandela and other leaders from execution and when all his comrades were jailed or exiled, he took a defiant stand, living in disguise as Apartheid's "most wanted" until his capture and life imprisonment in 1966.
