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24 September 1993 (USA) morePlot:
In this story of a black policeman during South African apartheid, Danny Glover plays the cop, who believes he's trying to help his people... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Betraying one's own people. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Danny Glover | ... | Micah Mangena |
 | Malcolm McDowell | ... | De Villiers |
 | Alfre Woodard | ... | Rosie Mangena |
 | Marius Weyers | ... | Van Tonder |
| Maynard Eziashi | ... | Zweli Mangena |
 | Malick Bowens | ... | Pule Rampa |
| Michael Chinyamurindi | ... | Solomon |
| Christopher John Hall | ... | Naledi Machikano |
| Grace Mahlaba | ... | Thokozile Machikano |
| Robin Smith | ... | Retleif |
| Julie Strijdom | ... | Lucy Van Tonder (as Julie Stridom) |
| Peter Kampila | ... | Nonsizt |
| Sello Maake | ... | Magubane (as Sello Maake Ka-Ncube) |
| Eric Miyeni | ... | Bantebe |
| Tshepo Nzimande | ... | Mandla |
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Morgan Freeman's directorial debut casts Danny Glover as a cop in apartheid-era South Africa whose son is an anti-apartheid activist. Knowing this, the father has to choose between his people and his job: he basically betrayed his people, but he has to support his family.
True, this seems like a plot that we frequently see, but "Bopha!" (Zulu for "arrest") makes good use of it. They raise the stakes by portraying a new white supremacist police chief (Malcolm McDowell). And also impressive was that scene where the students leave school to protest the teaching of Afikaans (my mom said that they used to show that sort of scene on TV all the time). A really good movie.