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A dry white season Cover Image DVD DVD

A dry white season [videorecording] / producer, Paula Weinstein ; screenplay, Colin Welland, Euzhan Palcy ; directed by Euzhan Palcy.

Brando, Marlon, (actor.). Mokae, Zakes, (actor.). Ntshona, Winston, (actor.). Palcy, Euzhan, (film director.). Palcy, Euzhan, (screenwriter,, film director.). Prochnow, Jürgen, (actor.). Sarandon, Susan, 1946- (actor.). Sutherland, Donald, 1935- (actor.). Suzman, Janet, (actor.). Brink, André P. (André Philippus), 1935-2015 motion picture adaptation of (work): Droë wit seisoen. English. (Added Author). Criterion Collection (Firm), (publisher.). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, (film distributor,, presenter.). Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman, Winston Ntshona, Marlon Brando, Zakes Mokae, Jurgen Prochnow, Susan Sarandon. (Cast).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781681435237
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (106 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches.
  • Edition: Director-approved DVD special edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Criterion Collection, [2018]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Title from container.
Based on the novel by André Brink.
Essay by filmmaker and scholar Jyoti Mistry in container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1989.
Special features: new interview with director Euzhan Palcy by film critic Scott Foundas, new program "Five Scenes" 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.
Participant or Performer Note:
Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman, Winston Ntshona, Marlon Brando, Zakes Mokae, Jurgen Prochnow, Susan Sarandon.
Target Audience Note:
Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.
MPAA rating: R.
System Details Note:
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Language Note:
In English with English subtitles.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Subject: Brink, André P. (André Philippus), 1935-2015. Droë wit seisoen > Film adaptations.
Apartheid > South Africa > Fiction.
Blacks > South Africa > Social conditions > Fiction.
Justice > Fiction.
South Africa > Social conditions > 1961-1994 > Fiction.
Genre: Feature films.
Fiction films.
Historical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lakeshore Branch DVD Dry 31681010136018 DVD Available -


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