Schoolteacher Ben du Toit has been insulated all his life from the horrors of apartheid in his native South Africa. When the son of his black gardener is arrested and killed by the police, Ben promises his servant that he will look into the incident. He discovers that the boy was killed simply to gratify the violent urges of Captain Stolz, a "special branch" policeman.
A Dry White Season is a Film programme that first aired in 1989 and has been classified a 15 certificate.
