Jude Akuwidike Movies
Cinematographer Chris Menges' first directorial effort, A World Apart was inspired by the lives of South African journalist Ruth First and her daughter Shawn Slovo (who wrote the film's screenplay). Barbara Hershey plays the fictional counterpart to Ms. First, Diana Roth, with Jodhi May as her daughter. Told from the daughter's viewpoint, the film shows us that Diana and her husband Jeroen Krabbe are so busy with their anti-Apartheid political activism that they totally shut May out of their lives. In 1963, Hershey is arrested by the South African police, becoming the first white woman to be held under the infamous 90-day-detention act. Left despondent and suicidal by two separate arrests and by constant harassment from the police, Diana still won't include her daughter in her life until the girl presses the issue in a climactic confrontation. Some critics felt that Shawn Slovo was using A World Apart to settle unresolved issues in her own life: Ruth First was killed under suspicious circumstances in 1982, without ever reconciling with her daughter. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Barbara Hershey, Jodhi May, (more)
- 1992
Created by Harry Robertson and Brian Degas, the British series Virtual Murder took an intellectual approach to the standard cops-and-robbers business. The main character was criminal psychologist Dr. John Cornelius (Nicholas Clay), who relied upon brain rather than brawn and educated guesses rather than cold hard facts to solve all sorts of baffling murders. Also appearing was Kim Thomson as Cornelius' trusty aide, Samantha Valentine. The six 50-minute episodes of Virtual Murder were telecast from July 24 to August 28, 1992. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Nicholas Clay, Kim Thomson, (more)
