Red Dust (2004)

Directors

Tom Hooper

Cast

Hilary Swank, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jamie Bartlett, Hlomla Dandala, Ian Roberts, Mawongo Tyawa

The story

Sarah Barcant (Hilary Swank), a white lawyer in New York City who grew up in South Africa, returns to her childhood home to represent Alex Mpondo (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a Black South African politician who was tortured during apartheid. Under the post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation terms, the whole truth must come out. As it is, under duress Mpondo had identified one of his underground comrades, Steve Sizela, to the apartheid authorities.

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