DVD
A dry white season
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
Director-approved DVD special edition.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman, Jürgen Prochnow, Zakes Mokae, Susan Sarandon, Marlon Brando, Winston Ntshona.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2018]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (106 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: R.
Summary
With this bracing drama, made at the climax of the anti-apartheid movement, director Euzhan Palcy issued a devastating indictment of South Africa's racist government--and made history in the process, becoming the first black woman to direct a Hollywood studio film. White schoolteacher Ben Du Toit lives in Johannesburg and remains blissfully incurious about the lives of his black countrymen until a wave of brutal treatment comes crashing down on his gardner, bringing Du Toit face-to-face with harsh political realities. Based on a celebrated novel by Andre Brink and rooted in the first-hand research the Martinican Palcy did in South Africa into the way black people lived under apartheid, A Dry White Season is unflinching in its depiction of violence and its chronicling of injustice, making for a galvanizing tribute to those willing to sacrifice everything to fight oppression.
Notes
Title from container.
Based on the book by André Brink.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1989.
Special features: New 4K digital restoration ; 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.