A dry White Season
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Call Number: DVD Drama Dry
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Title from sell sheet.
Based on the book by André Brink.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1989.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Special features: new interview with director Euzhan Palcy by film critic Scott Foundas ; 'Five scenes,' a new program featuring Palcy ; interview from 1989 with actor Donald Sutherland ; excerpt from a 1995 interview Palcy conducted with Nelson Mandela ; footage of Palcy receiving the highest distinction for foreign dignitaries at the 2017 South African National Orders awards ; an essay by filmmaker and scholar Jyoti Mistry.
Winston Ntshona, Donald Sutherland, Marlon Brando, Susan Sarandon.
White schoolteacher Ben Du Toit lives in Johannesburg and remains blissfully incurious about the lives of his black countrymen until a wave of brutal repression comes crashing down on his gardener, bringing Du Toit face-to-face with harsh political realities.
DVD, wide screen (1.85:1) presentation; monaural.
Contents: Droë wit seisoen.
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SERIES
Criterion collection
953
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
PUBLISHED
[New York] : Criterion Collection, [2018]
Year Published: 2018
Description: 1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781681435237
1681435233
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Palcy, Euzhan,
Ntshona, Winston,
Sutherland, Donald, 1935-
Brando, Marlon,
Sarandon, Susan, 1946-
Suzman, Janet,
Prochnow, Jürgen,
Mokae, Zakes,
Brink, André P. 1935-2015.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,
Criterion Collection (Firm),
SUBJECTS
Apartheid -- South Africa -- Drama.
South Africa -- Social conditions -- 1961-1994 -- Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Historical films.
Social problem films.
Fiction films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)