The White Game

The White Game Swedish Den vita sporten is a 1968 Swedish documentary film about the protests against the 1968 Davis Cup tennis match between Sweden and Rhodesia, in Bstad, Sweden.

The politically aware students see the protest as an expression of a will to change society. The Minister of Education, Olof Palme, expresses the opinion that some talented tennis players seem to be as bad at politics as he is at tennis. The Minister for Justice, Herman Kling, refuses to comment on the actions of the Swedish Tennis Association, while the Minister of the Interior, Rune Johansson, says that the Association is aware of the governments position, although no official actions have been taken to prevent the match.Between the interviews, footage of the oppression of black people in Africa is interpolated. A white Rhodesian man says that the blacks should be happy that whites rule the country and keep things in order he then calls on his black chef who agrees with him. Black university students in Sweden express their disappointment over the Swedish governments lack of action. The captain of the Rhodesian team, Adrian Bay, is interviewed he avoids commenting on politics. ........

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