Watch: ‘The Forgiven’ starring Forest Whitaker as Desmond Tutu
Forest Whitaker plays Archbishop Desmond Tutu, in the film The Forgiven.
A trailer for the film has been released.
The film follows Desmond Tutu’s work as President of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in post-apartheid South Africa.
He is summoned to a maximum security prison by a murderer, who is seeking clemency. It is inside the prison walls that Tutu is drawn into a dangerous life changing battle with the cunning criminal.
In a statement, Archbishop Desmond Tutu said that this film comes just at the right time.
“This timely, compelling and intelligent film, movingly, and above all humanely, captures what it felt like to be working with those selfless members of the TRC. They strove, often against the odds, to help bring both truth and reconciliation to the ordinary people of South Africa. The film is a tribute to the remarkable and healing power of forgiveness and the outstanding compassion and courage of those who offered love and forgiveness as an antidote to hate and inhumanity. This is not only a film about a certain time and place, it is a pean of hope to humanity at large,” Tutu said.
The Forgiven is set to be released on 9th March in the US. South Africa’s release date has however not been confirmed.
