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Children of the Light

Play trailer Poster for Children of the Light Released Jun 8, 2014 1h 31m Documentary Biography History Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Interviews and archival footage illustrate the story of Archbishop Desmond Tutu's battle against apartheid.
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Shannon M. Houston Paste Magazine Engle and the PeaceJam Foundation have created a fitting tribute that will, hopefully, inspire the next generation of political minds in Africa, and abroad. Rated: 7.9/10 Sep 26, 2014 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member And our Desmond Tutu movie, "Children of the Light", is on rottentomatoes.com, too -- awesome! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member An uplifting documentary held together not by the production, but by the outstanding people that are featured. If you want a feel good documentary, this works above and beyond. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Dawn Gifford Engle

Director

Naomi Tutu

Narrator

Nelson Mandela

Actor

Desmond Tutu

Actor

Dawn Gifford Engle

Writer

Naomi Tutu

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Children of the Light

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Movie Info

Synopsis Interviews and archival footage illustrate the story of Archbishop Desmond Tutu's battle against apartheid.
Director
Dawn Gifford Engle
Producer
Naomi Tutu, Elizabeth Parmly Weber, Ivan Suvanjieff, Gregory Melville
Screenwriter
Dawn Gifford Engle
Production Co
PeaceJam Productions
Genre
Documentary, Biography, History, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 8, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 10, 2015
Runtime
1h 31m
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