In the Apartheid era, Danny Glover is a sargeant in the South African police in a peaceful township. He lectures the cadets, he obeys his orders, he takes care of his wife, Alfre Woodard, and their son, Maynard Eziashi. What he finds out during the course of the film is that Eziashi is a student leader of the anti-Apatheid movement, and that new local police commander Malcolm McDowell thinks that the response to peaceful demonstrations is shotgun shells.
It's Morgan Freeman's sole outing as a feature director, and it's a stellar effort in acting by all on hand, particularly Marius Weyers as the sympathetic cop who's shoved aside -- I always expect Glover, Woodard, and McDowell to give fine performances. It's heartfelt, sad, and ultimately tragic. It was also shot in Zimbabwe.
It's Morgan Freeman's sole outing as a feature director, and it's a stellar effort in acting by all on hand, particularly Marius Weyers as the sympathetic cop who's shoved aside -- I always expect Glover, Woodard, and McDowell to give fine performances. It's heartfelt, sad, and ultimately tragic. It was also shot in Zimbabwe.