Du Toit persuades human rights attorney Ian McKenzie (Marlon Brando) to try the long-shot case against Stolz. During the trial, Du Toit's transformation into an advocate for justice is so absolute that it distances him from his family.

This is a gripping film, finely counterbalancing a fierce sense of moral outrage with an inexorably unfolding human tragedy. This is political cinema that is so deeply felt, capturing the ugly truths of South African Apartheid, and hopefully shining a light on its failings so that it doesn’t happen again.