A Dry White Season
[New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2018]
Format: Blu-ray Disc
Edition: Director-approved special edition.
Description: 1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Ben du Toit is a schoolteacher who always has considered himself a man of caring and justice, at least on the individual level. When his gardener's son is brutally beaten up by the police at a demonstration by black school children, he gradually begins to realize his own society is built on a pillar of injustice and exploitation.
Other Authors:
Palcy, Euzhan, film director.
Ntshona, Winston, actor.
Sutherland, Donald, 1935- actor.
Brando, Marlon, actor.
Sarandon, Susan, 1946- actor.
Suzman, Janet, actor.
Prochnow, Jürgen, actor.
Mokae, Zakes, actor.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Brink, André P. (André Philippus), 1935-2015. Droë wit seisoen. English.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, film distributor, presenter.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Palcy, Euzhan, film director.
Ntshona, Winston, actor.
Sutherland, Donald, 1935- actor.
Brando, Marlon, actor.
Sarandon, Susan, 1946- actor.
Suzman, Janet, actor.
Prochnow, Jürgen, actor.
Mokae, Zakes, actor.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Brink, André P. (André Philippus), 1935-2015. Droë wit seisoen. English.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, film distributor, presenter.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Subjects:
Apartheid -- South Africa -- Drama.
South Africa -- Social conditions -- 1961-1994 -- Drama.
Apartheid -- South Africa -- Drama.
South Africa -- Social conditions -- 1961-1994 -- Drama.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: R.
ISBN:
9781681435220
UPC: 715515223317
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BD DRAMA Dry | Main (Downtown) | First Level, Blu-ray Disc | In |
BD DRAMA Dry | Northeast Indoors | Blu-ray Disc | In |
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.
Blu-ray disc.
Susan Sarandon, Marlon Brando, Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman, Jurgen Prochnow, Zakes Mokae.
Blu-ray, wide screen (1.85:1) presentation; monaural; requires Blu-ray player.
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
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.
Blu-ray disc.
Susan Sarandon, Marlon Brando, Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman, Jurgen Prochnow, Zakes Mokae.
Blu-ray, wide screen (1.85:1) presentation; monaural; requires Blu-ray player.
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).