Weiße Zeit der Dürre (1989)

Weiße Zeit der Dürre: Directed by Euzhan Palcy. With Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman, Zakes Mokae, Jürgen Prochnow. A white middle class South African suburbanite with no interest in politics agrees to help his black gardener find his jailed son. His investigation opens his eyes to the horrors committed by the secret police and turns him into a target.

“We are Mrs Cisaru0026#39;s pupils in Dumont du0026#39;Urville high school in Caen, France. We are sixteen and we study in the 11th grade. We have been learning English for six years. We watched the film A Dry White Season in the English class and we had to sum up and give our opinion on this film.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe film takes place in South Africa, during Apartheid in 1976. A white man (Ben), who is a teacher in a white school decided to defend his gardener who was beaten to death by the police. Itu0026#39;s the story of a white person who wants to help the blacks in their fight against segregation.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWe liked this film because it made us understand the horrible situation in South Africa during Apartheid. We could never have imagined that this kind of things could have happened there, so it taught us what life during Apartheid was like. That makes the film very educational for everybody and makes our mentalities evolve. The film is very interesting because there is suspense and we didnu0026#39;t know if justice would be done. It also showed us that people should not be judged on the colour of their skins, but on their characters.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eEven if this film is very shocking sometimes and violent, we recommended it to our friends in order to make them understand what Apartheid was and what segregation is. This is still a burning issue in our society.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWatch this film and you will know what Apartheid was really about;u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThomas Alexis Gautier Ewan”