'Master Harold' … And the Boys (2010)

‘Master Harold’ … And the Boys: Directed by Lonny Price. With Ving Rhames, Freddie Highmore, Patrick Mofokeng, Jennifer Steyn. Hally, a white South African adolescent, is stuck between his intolerant father’s view of him and those of his caregiver, Sam, a Black waiter who is Hally’s friend and teacher. Hally is required to laugh at his father’s racist jokes; Sam exposes Hally is uplifting experiences. Hally has a memory of being terribly humiliated by his father; Sam shows Hally how to be proud of something he can achieve.

“This film version of South African playwright Athol Fugardu0026#39;s play is, like the original, quite powerful and moving. It has much to say about institutional racism and apartheid how it effected everyday normal people in South Africa of the early 1950u0026#39;s on both sides of the color divide. Freddie Highmore, Ving Rhames, and Patrick Mofokeng all give superb performances.”