
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.
6.6
112 reviewsRuntime: 107 min.
Budget: N/A
Revenue: N/A
Release Date: 1989-09-20
Director(s): Euzhan Palcy
Production: Davros Films, Star Partners II, Sundance Productions
Languages: Afrikaans, Zulu, English
IMDB: tt0097243
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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 !