A Dry White Season

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A Dry White Season
Image:Dry white season ver1.jpg original movie poster
Directed by	Euzhan Palcy
Produced by	Paula Weinstein Tim Hampton Mary Selway
Written by	Colin Welland Euzhan Palcy
Starring	Marlon Brando Donald Sutherland Janet Suzman Susan Sarandon
Music by	Dave Grusin
Cinematography	Pierre-William Glenn Kelvin Pike
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	1989
Running time	97 min.
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A Dry White Season is a 1989 film made by Davros Films and Sundance Productions and distributed by MGM. It was directed by Euzhan Palcy and produced by Paula Weinstein, Mary Selway and Tim Hampton. The screenplay was by Colin Welland and Euzhan Palcy, based upon André Brink's novel with the same name.

The film stars Marlon Brando (who was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar), Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman, Zakes Mokae and Susan Sarandon. It is set in South Africa, and deals with the subject of apartheid.

In A Dry White Season, Donald Sutherland portrays the character of Ben Du Toit, a South African school teacher who learns that his gardener, a black man, is killed while investigating the death of his son.

Upset by this turn of events, he retains a human rights attorney to assist him with the case. Ultimately, the court rules against them. This is when Ben Du Toit make the decision to take more aggressive actions, and begins a civil suit against the police.