A dry white season [blu-ray]

Ben du Toit is a schoolteacher who always has considered himself a man of caring and justice, at least on the individual level. When his gardener's son is brutally beaten up by the police at a demonstration by black school children, he gradually begins to realize his own society is built on a pillar of injustice and exploitation.

General Note:

Title from container.

Based on the book by André Brink.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1989.

Wide screen (1.85:1).

Special features: new interview with director Euzhan Palcy by film critic Scott Foundas ; 'Five scenes,' a new program featuring Palcy ; interview from 1989 with actor Donald Sutherland ; excerpt from a 1995 interview Palcy conducted with Nelson Mandela ; footage of Palcy receiving the highest distinction for foreign dignitaries at the 2017 South African National Orders awards ; an essay by filmmaker and scholar Jyoti Mistry.

Performers:

Susan Sarandon, Marlon Brando, Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman, Jurgen Prochnow, Zakes Mokae.

Technical Details:

Blu-ray, wide screen (1.85:1) presentation; monaural; requires Blu-ray player.

Subject Term:

Apartheid -- South Africa -- Drama.

Geographic Term:

South Africa -- Social conditions -- 1961-1994 -- Drama.

Genre:

Feature films.

Historical films.

Social problem films.