Based on the real-life experiences of Patrick Chamusso, a black South African man who, in 1980, responded to false imprisonment and torture by becoming a freedom fighter, Philip Noyce's timely drama poses the polarizing question, of what, if anything, separates a "freedom fighter" from a "terrorist." Law-abiding citizen Chamusso (Derek Luke), suffers the privations of life under apartheid but wants nothing to do with the liberation efforts of the African National Congress. He only wants to make as normal a life as he can for his wife, Precious (Bonnie Henna), and their two young daughters in the coalfields of northern South Africa. He won't even allow his elderly mot...
Released:
2006
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
102 mins