Stander (2003)

Directors

Bronwen Hughes

Cast

Thomas Jane, Dexter Fletcher, David O'Hara, Deborah Kara Unger

The story

André Stander is an officer for the South African Police, newly married with a rising reputation as the youngest captain on the force. In 1976, he and his partner are assigned along with other officers to a protest duty in the wake of the Soweto uprising. In the chaos of one of the peaceful protests in Thembisa, Stander shoots and kills a young, unarmed protester, which deeply affects him and causes him to become disillusioned with the apartheid system.

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