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This is the gritty true-life story of a man's response to his father's brutal murder on a farm near Grahamstown, South Africa. He tells the story of the attack and re-enacts his experience in a surreal and disturbing way. He then goes on to speak publicly about farm crime and addresses mass rallies, egging a non-responsive crowd to shout the slogan "One Killer, One Bullet." The documentary is heavily stylized using self-reflective videography to draw attention to the media's role in crime. The national broadcast of the documentary was nearly halted in that it was claimed that the subject incriminated himself by admitting on camera that he was not positive that the man he had identified in the police line-up was, in fact, guilty. This work, by students of Rhodes University, marks a departure from traditional South African television and successfully imitates styles originating in film. An excellent documentary, nominated for an Avanti award in 1999.