A Dry White Season (1989)
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" A Dry White Season is a 1989 American drama film directed by Euzhan Palcy and starring Donald Sutherland, Jürgen Prochnow, Marlon Brando, Janet Suzman, Zakes Mokae and Susan Sarandon. It was written by Colin Welland and Palcy, based upon André Brink's novel A Dry White Season. Robert Bolt also contributed uncredited revisions of the screenplay. It is set in South Africa in 1976 and deals with the subject of apartheid. Brando was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. "
"Released on September 20, 1989 Produced by Davros Films and Sundance Productions "
" Directed by: Euzhan Palcy Produced by: Tim Hampton, Mary Selway, and Paula Weinstein Based on the book by: Andre F. Brink Written by: Euzhan Palcy and Colin Welland Cinematography: Pierre William Glenn and Kelvin Pike Edited by: Glenn Cunningham and Sam O'Steen Music by: David Grusin Distributed by: MGM/UA "
" Jürgen Prochnow as Captain Stolz Winston Ntshona as Gordon Ngubene Bekhithemba Mpofu as Jonathan Ngubene and Donald Sutherland as Ben du Toit"
“Movies about racism with a white protagonist often exhibit a milquetoast exploration of the subject matter as they inevitability treat systemic modes of oppression as the actions of a bad few. There are the good white people, the bad ones, and the patient, dignified oppressed class on the sidelines seeing their reality reflected through the prism of the privileged class. They are often groan-worthy in the ways they offer soothing balm for deep, ugly scars and obscure present-day realities and the violent histories that have transmogrified into a complicated present. I’m talking about things like Green Book, Driving Miss Daisy, and The Help, to name just a few. The white characters must learn to see and treat the black characters as equal humans and flirt with their lived experience” read more