

A Dry White Season
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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- Language
- Afrikaans
- woman director
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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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Bazzjazz
5/10/2018
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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