A Dry White Season

A Dry White Season was a movie that tried to illustrate to the viewing world the injustice taking place in South Africa. I believe it did an excellent job in doing just that. By looking at the lives of the Ngubene family, the viewer is allowed to see how the injustices of South Africa have taken the lives of many of it citizens as well as taken the lives of caring, loving and hard working family. The injustices expressed in the film though they may not have been perfectly true to the novel were purposeful. The directors and screen writers were trying to drive home the shocking reality of the people who are faced with these travesties everyday. The one thing that I would say that was not true to the book but purposeful was the ending of the film. In the book, Stanley disappears without having the satisfaction of having vengeance on Captain Stolz. Even though this may not have been the actual case, by the end of the movie the viewer needs to feel some sort of gratification after the death of so many.