... there is a strong social consciousness and political content, but [Chris] Menges also brings a subdued dramatic atmosphere and rich visual sensibility to the film...
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12/06/09
A World Apart (1988)
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Reviews Counted:8
Fresh:7
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8.1/10
Synopsis: Apartheid threatens to tear her from her 13-year-old daughter when the first white woman - a journalist - is arrested and put in solitary in 1963 for defying the South African government.
Starring: Barbara Hershey, Jeroen Krabbe, David Suchet, Jodhi May
Director: Chris Menges
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07/30/03
Top CriticA piercing examination of a family whose ruling passion is social justice.
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