A Dry White Season
An unflinching critique of apartheid in 1970s South Africa released in the final days of the unjust system.
Film/Video Theater
(Euzhan Palcy, 1989)
Euzhan Palcy in person
Presented by the Wexner Center for the Arts and The Ohio State University Office of Academic Affairs
35MM Print
A searing portrayal of brutal South African apartheid in 1976, A Dry White Season stars Donald Sutherland as a teacher mostly clueless about the horrors experienced by the Black people around him. After investigating acts of police brutality against the son of his gardener (Winston Ntshona), he gradually becomes radicalized, alienating his family and white friends and neighbors. Also with Susan Sarandon as a supportive journalist and Marlon Brando in a memorable turn as an anti-apartheid lawyer. Adapted from the novel by Andre Brink, A Dry White Season is the first film directed by a Black woman for a Hollywood studio. A Q&A with Palcy follows the screening. (107 mins., 35mm)
“With my camera I don’t shoot, I heal. I try to repair the wounds of history. One film at a time.”
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