SABC to screen Archbishop Tutu's documentary

The SABC will screen the fourth and final episode of late freedom fighter and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Archbishop Desmond Tutu's documentary titled The Arch on Friday. 

While the first two episodes of the four-part biography by emerging production company Attuned You, in collaboration with Arena Holdings and the SABC, were aired last year, and the third episode on Human Rights Day, the last episode will air on Friday at 9.30pm on SABC 2.

The documentary, which is a biography of courage, activism, freedom and justice,  features in-depth interviews with Tutu's family members and fellow activists, including his daughter Thandeka Tutu-Gxashe and son Trevor Tutu,  Archbishop Thabo Makgoba, Dr Brigalia Bam, Dr Alan Boesak, Cheryl Carolus, Mathata Tsedu, Yasmin Sooka and many others who were part of the Struggle against the apartheid regime.

Executive producer of the series Naniwe Maqetuka said Attuned You’s vision is for Africans and South Africans to tell the stories of iconic Africans and South Africans.

“This documentary is the first of many which will tell the stories of great people from our country and our continent,” she said.

Maqetuka's colleague, Ryland Fisher revealed how long it took to shoot the documentary. “The journey to making this powerful exploration of the man who became The Arch took three long years of weekly meetings to find all the essential elements that brought together a team that despite tremendous odds and bureaucratic hurdles, can proclaim that The Arch would have been very proud,” he added. 

Clarence Hamilton, writer and director of The Arch said: "The opportunity to tell the story of The Arch and his contribution to the liberation of SA was too powerful to ignore.”

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