Adelaide, South Australia 1958, and a young Aborigine man is on trial for the brutal rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl. His initially reluctant lawyer, David O'Sullivan, sees no hope for either himself or his client, facing as they are the might of the legal establishment, the wrath of white public opinion and a signed confession. However, when it becomes increasingly clear that the defendant had an admittance of guilt beaten out of him by the local police an epic battle for justice ensues
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GOODBYE BAFANA (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
Employed by the apartheid South African government as prison warden to Nelson Mandela, James Gregory would seem like the ideal man for the job, white, deeply racist and yet fluent in Mandela's native tongue, the authorities seem to have found the perfect spy. What those in power failed to grasp were a man's ability to change and the irresistible personality of Mandela himself. Based on James Gregory's memoirs, 'Goodbye Bafana' is a moving dramatisation of an unlikely friendship.
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MALCOLM X (1992)
Certification15 Our Rating
Spike Lee's mainstream take on the ex-petty crook turned Islamic preacher and leading 60s Civil Rights spokesman Malcolm X. Washington's performance is riveting in this epic.
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REDEMPTION (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
A powerful dramatisation of Stan 'Tookie' Williams, the leader of infamous
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STRANGER INSIDE (2001)
Certification18 Our Rating
On her 21st birthday, Treasure is transferred from a youth correctional facility to the state penitentiary. A gang member who's been in trouble with the law for most of her life, Treasure is prepared to tough out the brutal regime inside because it's her dearest wish to meet her mother, Brownie, a lifer on Unit A. Stranger Inside is a powerful, occasionally disturbing, but also powerful human drama.
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THE DEFIANT ONES (1958)
CertificationU Our Rating
Curtis and Poitier both bagged Oscars for their portrayal of two chain-gang prisoners, one black, one white. Forced to make their escape still manacled together, their fight for freedom through the swamps makes a powerful metaphor for the rampant racial hatred of the times. Great support cast too.
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