In My Country

In My Country

A South African Story of Truth, Love and Reconcilliation

2004103 min5.9 / 10

A romantic drama set against South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, weaving personal love with the weight of historical trauma and the search for justice.

An American reporter and an Afrikaans poet meet and fall in love while covering South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.

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