OUR REVIEW
by Dave White
Who's in It: Derek Luke, Tim Robbins, Bonnie Mbuli
The Basics: It's the true story of South African Patrick Chamusso (Luke) and how, in 1980, while apartheid was still happening, he was wrongly accused of committing a terrorist act. Then he was imprisoned and tortured for almost a year. And then — big surprise — he got out and joined the African National Congress and became radicalized.
What's the Deal? Seriously, the first half of this movie is like listening to Peter Gabriel's "Biko" over and over, and you wonder if it's just going to be a heavy-handed history lesson. But then the anger kicks in, and it gets complicated, asking moral questions of both the oppressors and the oppressed. You're not going to leave the theater happy to be alive, but you won't be insulted either.
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