A South African schoolteacher is shocked when the brutal reality of apartheid is brought home to him with horrifying force. Vowing to act, he begins a personal crusade against the appalling inequalities and injustices - and enlists a liberal lawyer to help change the system. Drama, starring Donald Sutherland, Marlon Brando, Susan Sarandon, Janet Suzman and Jurgen Prochnow.

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.