A Dry White Season

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anti-apartheid film drama film film

A Dry White Season is a 1989 anti-apartheid drama film set in South Africa, based on André Brink’s novel, that explores racial injustice through the story of a white teacher who investigates the death of a Black friend in police custody.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-apartheid film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork André P. Brink ⓘ
surface form: André Brink
basedOn A Dry White Season self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: A Dry White Season (novel)
cinematographyBy Pierre-William Glenn ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Euzhan Palcy ⓘ
distributor MGM/UA Communications Co. ⓘ
editedBy Françoise Javet ⓘ
filmingLocation Zimbabwe ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ
political drama ⓘ
hasLiterarySource A Dry White Season self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: A Dry White Season (novel)
mainCharacter Ben du Toit ⓘ
mainCharacterOccupation schoolteacher ⓘ
musicBy Dave Grusin ⓘ
notableFor Marlon Brando’s late-career performance ⓘ
depiction of apartheid-era police brutality ⓘ
novelPublicationYear 1979 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotFocus investigation of death in police custody ⓘ
producer Paula Weinstein ⓘ
Timothy Burrill ⓘ
productionCompany Davros Films ⓘ
ratingMPAA R ⓘ
releaseDate 1989-09-22 ⓘ
releaseYear 1989 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 107 ⓘ
screenwriter Colin Welland ⓘ
Euzhan Palcy ⓘ
setInLocation South Africa ⓘ
setInPeriod apartheid era ⓘ
starring Donald Sutherland ⓘ
Janet Suzman ⓘ
Jürgen Prochnow NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marlon Brando ⓘ
Susan Sarandon ⓘ
Thoko Ntshinga ⓘ
Winston Ntshona ⓘ
Zakes Mokae ⓘ
theme apartheid ⓘ
moral awakening ⓘ
racial injustice ⓘ

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Jürgen Prochnow → notableWork → A Dry White Season ⓘ
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this entity surface form: A Dry White Season (novel)
A Dry White Season → hasLiterarySource → A Dry White Season self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Dry White Season (novel)
Winston Ntshona → notableWork → A Dry White Season ⓘ