The Burning
The Burning is Stephen Frears’ first film, a chilling exploration of racial tensions in Apartheid-era South Africa. On a sweltering summer’ day, a wealthy white matriarch insists on taking her household on a planned trip to the country, in spite of their urgent warnings that an uprising is underway.
- Zhanri: Drama
- Studio: Memorial Enterprises, BFI
- Fjalen: race politics, apartheid
- Cast: Gwen Ffrangcon Davies, Isobel Muller, Maxine Day, Cosmo Pieterse, Mark Baillie, Walter Glennie
