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Don Doehla on 04 Jul 14LEARNING GUIDE TO: A DRY WHITE SEASON SUBJECTS - World/South Africa; SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING - Courage; Justice; Human Rights; Grieving; Father/Son; Marriage; Families in Crisis; MORAL-ETHICAL EMPHASIS - Trustworthiness; Responsibility; Citizenship. Age: 14+ Rated R for scenes of graphic violence; Drama; 1989; 107 minutes; Color; Available from Amazon.com. Description: The setting is South Africa during the Soweto uprisings of 1976. A white school teacher (Ben du Toit) investigates the death of his black gardener, a man he had known for 15 years. The gardener (Gordon Ngubene) had been searching for answers about his son's death while in police custody. This had brought Ngubene to the attention of the "Special Branch" of the South African Police. He suffered the same fate as his son: death during interrogation. Du Toit comes to realize not only the injustices of the apartheid legal system and the repressive policies that supported it, but the necessity of action as opposed to words or resignation to the inevitable. Backed by an African cabbie, a liberal lawyer and a persistent reporter, he is opposed by his family (except for his young son), his school and his community. The film is based on the novel by the acclaimed Afrikaaner writer, André Brink. The novel was banned by the apartheid government of South Africa.
