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A Dry White Season

6.7(118)19891h 47m2

During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
Afrikaans
  • woman director

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Euzhan Palcy

Produced in

United States of America

Where to watch

Availability for India. Provided by JustWatch through the TMDB API.

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR20 Sept 1989
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereToronto International Film Festival10 Sept 1989
  • BrazilBR

    • PremiereLSão Paulo International Film Festival18 Oct 2025
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical16West Germany16 Nov 1989
  • PortugalPT

    • TheatricalM/128 Feb 1990
  • SwedenSE

    • PremiereGöteborg Film Festival2 Feb 1990
    • Theatrical159 Feb 1990
  • TürkiyeTR

    • Theatrical25 May 1990

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A Dry White Season was released on 20 September 1989.

Audience reviews

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  • B

    Bazzjazz

    5/10/2018

    9/10

    This film written by an old Afrikaans author called Andre Brink and centers around a political activist. Who was a political freedom fighter trying to get the apartheid system ended and South Africa to be a total democratic society. Steve Biko , was a hero and is still one today. And a martyr at the same time as he was allegedly thrown off the Police Building after being tortured. Marlon Brando plays the Lawyer !

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