Red Dust (2004 film)

Red Dust is a 2004 British drama film starring Hilary Swank and Chiwetel Ejiofor and directed by Tom Hooper.

Sarah Barcant Hilary Swank, a lawyer in New York City who grew up in South Africa, returns to her childhood dwelling place to intercede for Alex Mpondo Chiwetel Ejiofor, a Black South African politician who was tortured during apartheid. Under the Truth and Reconciliation terms, the whole truth must come out. As it is, under duress Mpodo had identified one of his underground comrades, Steve Sizela. But he also confirms that he kept a much more important secret a buried list that names some new recruits. This is still where he left it, years ago.The full truth now emerges. Dirk Hendricks Jamie Bartlett, the local policeman, admits Sizela was killed by his boss, Piet Muller Ian Roberts. Also that much of the torture was carried out at a ranch rather than at the police station thus confirming Alexs apparently false memories of a dirt floor and a tap in the corridor. Visiting the ranch, he puts details together. Dirk admits where he buried Steve Sizela. The bones are found and dug from the ground Mpondo decides to allow amnesty as the whole truth has been said. Muller, who denied the charges and pleaded not guilty, ironically applies for amnesty himself, infuriating members of the Black South African community. ........

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