The best way to remember a man is to keep on fighting. South Africa 1976. The police ruled Gordon Ngubene's death a suicide. But when Afrikaans schoolteacher Ben du Toit (Donald Sutherland Don't Look Now) Saw the body he knew his friend of 15 years was the victim of police torture. Seeking justice Ben hires barrister Ian McKenzie to represent the Ngubene family at the inquest but the judge ignores the evidence and exonerates the police. Refusing to ""give it up"" Ben risks his family and career as he takes on a system run by racists thugs and murderers. For... if you're not with the Afrikaners you're against them. And choosing the wrong side could get you killed. [show more]
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The best way to remember a man is to keep on fighting South Africa 1976 The police ruled Gordon Ngubene&39;s death a suicide But when Afrikaans schoolteacher Ben du Toit (Donald Sutherland Don&39;t Look Now) Saw the body he knew his friend of 15 years was the victim of police torture Seeking justice Ben hires barrister Ian McKenzie to represent the Ngubene family at the inquest but the judge ignores the evidence and exonerates the police Refusing to "give it up" Ben risks his family and career as he takes on a system run by racists thugs and murderers For if you&39;re not with the Afrikaners you&39;re against them And choosing the wrong side could get you killed Actors Donald Sutherland Janet Suzman Zakes Mokae Jurgen Prochnow Susan Sarandon Marlon Brando Winston Ntshona Thoko Ntshinga Leonard Maguire Gerard Thoolen Susannah Harker & Andrew Whaley Director Euzhan Palcy Certificate 15 years and over Year 1989 Languages English Duration 1 hour and 37 minutes (approx) Region Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players
Drama starring Donald Sutherland as a schoolteacher who has been insulated all his life from the horrors of apartheid in his native South Africa. When the son of Ben's (Sutherland) black gardener is arrested and beaten as a result of a schoolboy protest in Soweto, at first he imagines the police must have had their reasons. However, the boy is picked up again, and this time he doesn't come back. Ben discovers that the boy was killed simply to gratify the violent urges of Captain Stolz (Jurgen Prochnow), a 'special branch' policeman. Ben hires Ian Mackenzie (Marlon Brando) to prosecute the killer. It is a foregone conclusion that Stolz will not be punished, but Mackenzie rises to new heights of withering sarcasm and irony in the courtroom and the situation turns Ben into a radical firebrand, which alienates him from his white friends and neighbours, as well as members of his family.
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