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.
- Year: 1968
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- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Memorial Enterprises, BFI
- Keyword: race politics, apartheid
- Director: Stephen Frears
- Cast: Gwen Ffrangcon Davies, Isobel Muller, Maxine Day, Cosmo Pieterse, Mark Baillie, Walter Glennie