Growing up in the 80s, it was hard to wrap my head around the fact that there was a country in Africa where whites were subjugating blacks. It was an atrocity of violence and degradation. I never wanted to watch this film because I knew it would be a bummer; however, I also knew it to be a well-reviewed movie.
Donald Sutherland plays a teacher at a privileged South African school who’s gardener is arrested and killed while in custody. His outrage opens his eyes to the disparate situation of native Africans in his country. There is no justice and no peace. Really shows the dangers of blind nationalism and the inhumanity of groupthink.
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