A Dry White Season
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- TMDB rating for A Dry White Season (opens in a new tab)6.7 / 10(117 votes)
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- Director: Euzhan Palcy
- Cast: Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman, Zakes Mokae, Jürgen Prochnow, Susan Sarandon, Marlon Brando
- Released: Sep 20, 1989
Synopsis
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.
Source: TMDB (edited as needed)
My commentary
I was led into this movie by reading about Marlon Brando's performance, and I was not at all disappointed. It is a fantastic story and such an interesting representation of life in South Africa during apartheid. I welcomed a moral hero as a main character and despised the main antagonist all along.