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A Dry White Season

A Dry White Season

6.7(108 votes)
1989
1h 47m
DramaMystery

During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.

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Production

Companies:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Languages

Original:en
Spoken:
AfrikaansEnglishZulu

Reviews

Bazzjazz

9/10

This film written by an old Afrikaans author called Andre Brink and centers around a political activist. Who was a political freedom fighter trying to get the apartheid system ended and South Africa to be a total democratic society. Steve Biko , was a hero and is still one today. And a martyr at the same time as he was allegedly thrown off the Police Building after being tortured. Marlon Brando plays the Lawyer !

5/10/2018

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