Meg Rickards

History

Meg Rickards is a successful film and documentary director who studied at UCT and in London. In this conversation she talks about interviews in the documentary 1994: The Bloody Miracle with Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Constand Viljoen, Jacob Zuma and the AWB.

Movies

Kaalgat Karel
Kaalgat Karel
Director
A serial streaker and a paramedic set the stage for the Romcom of the year.
Atlantis
Atlantis
Director
When tomboy taxi-driver Ra'ida's rebellious younger brother Marid goes missing, she turns to her powerful family for help. She is determined to find out who killed her brother and ensure justice, above all, prevails.
Tess
Tess
Director
When sex worker Tess falls pregnant, she has to fight to keep her past from swallowing her whole.
1994: The Bloody Miracle
1994: The Bloody Miracle
Writer
As South Africa celebrates its 20th anniversary of the advent of democracy in 1994, it is difficult to believe the ‘Mandela miracle’ nearly didn’t happen. In an orgy of countrywide violence, some were intent on derailing the first free elections. Now, for the first time, those responsible for countless deaths and widespread mayhem explain how they nearly brought South Africa to its knees. 1994: The Bloody Miracle is a chilling look at what these hard men did to thwart democracy, and at how they have now made an uneasy peace with the ‘Rainbow Nation’ in their own different ways.
1994: The Bloody Miracle
1994: The Bloody Miracle
Director
As South Africa celebrates its 20th anniversary of the advent of democracy in 1994, it is difficult to believe the ‘Mandela miracle’ nearly didn’t happen. In an orgy of countrywide violence, some were intent on derailing the first free elections. Now, for the first time, those responsible for countless deaths and widespread mayhem explain how they nearly brought South Africa to its knees. 1994: The Bloody Miracle is a chilling look at what these hard men did to thwart democracy, and at how they have now made an uneasy peace with the ‘Rainbow Nation’ in their own different ways.