The African National Congress is the grand old man of liberation politics on the African Continent. As it marks its centenary, the party of Nelson Mandela stops to consider its epic past, which directed South Africa's political evolution over the last century. From its founding in 1912 by African intellectuals through the dark days of apartheid to the almost miraculous transition to democracy in the early 1990s, the ANC had been a center stage in the fight for human rights in South Africa. By talking to liberation leaders who lived through the dramatic episodes of the political party's development, this film gauges its values, ideals, and…

The African National Congress is the grand old man of liberation politics on the African Continent. As it marks its centenary, the party of Nelson Mandela stops to consider its epic past, which directed South Africa's political evolution over the last century. From its founding in 1912 by African intellectuals through the dark days of apartheid to the almost miraculous transition to democracy in the early 1990s, the ANC had been a center stage in the fight for human rights in South Africa. By talking to liberation leaders who lived through the dramatic episodes of the political party's development, this film gauges its values, ideals, and aspirations as it moved painfully towards negotiation and, ultimately, liberation.