Reprieve and HRLC put on exclusive screening 'A Common Purpose' (now SOLD OUT)

20 April 2012

25 people are convicted of the murder of one man, 14 are sentenced to hang, one lawyer is assassinated and the other goes into exile. 'A Common Purpose' is the dramatic story behind a notorious murder trial that marks South Africa's transition from apartheid to democracy.

Date:

Thursday, 3 May 2012

Time:

6:30pm

Venue: 

Hoyts Cinemas, Melbourne Central
Corner of Swanston and La Trobe Streets, Melbourne

Tickets:

$30. Can be purchased here.

All proceeds of ticket sales will go to Reprieve Australia and the Human Rights Law Centre.

Reprieve Australia, in conjunction with the Human Rights Law Centre, invites you to an exclusive screening of 'A Common Purpose'.

Winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at Sydney Film Festival 2011.

25 people are convicted of the murder of one man, 14 are sentenced to hang, one lawyer is assassinated and the other goes into exile. 'A Common Purpose' is the dramatic story behind a notorious murder trial that marks South Africa's transition from apartheid to democracy.

Told through the perspectives of defence lawyer, Andrea Durbach, Independent journalist John Carlin, and the accused, the story unfolds to reveal one of legal history's biggest cases on the death penalty.  A timeless and inspirational story about a struggle for justice in a country where injustice was entrenched in the law.

There will be a Q&A after the film with Andrea Durbach and Director, Mitzi Goldman.

Contact:   anna.martin@reprieve.org.au

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