Donald Sutherland
Ben du Toit
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.
Release Date | 1989-09-20 |
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Runtime | 1h 47m |
Directors | Euzhan Palcy, Kelvin Pike, Pierre-William Glenn, Alan Tomkins |
Producers | Tim Hampton, Mary Selway, Paula Weinstein |
Writers | Colin Welland, André P. Brink, Euzhan Palcy |
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 !
— Bazzjazz