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A Dry White Season

  • 7.0 /10

  • 102

  • 82%

Plot

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.

Cast

Donald Sutherland as Ben du Toit
Donald Sutherland

as Ben du Toit

Janet Suzman as Susan du Toit
Janet Suzman

as Susan du Toit

Zakes Mokae as Stanley Makhaya
Zakes Mokae

as Stanley Makhaya

Jürgen Prochnow as Captain Stolz
Jürgen Prochnow

as Captain Stolz

Susan Sarandon as Melanie Bruwer
Susan Sarandon

as Melanie Bruwer

Marlon Brando as Ian McKenzie
Marlon Brando

as Ian McKenzie

Winston Ntshona as Gordon Ngubene
Winston Ntshona

as Gordon Ngubene

Thoko Ntshinga as Emily Ngubene
Thoko Ntshinga

as Emily Ngubene

Leonard Maguire as Bruwer
Leonard Maguire

as Bruwer

Gerard Thoolen as Colonel Viljoen
Gerard Thoolen

as Colonel Viljoen

Movie Facts

Rated

  • R

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • September 20, 1989

Production Companies

  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • Afrikaans

  • English

  • isiZulu

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 1.78 hrs

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Reviews

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 Bran…