Hearts & Minds

Summary Set when the apartheid government was still in control, this powerful South African thriller is based on the true story of a policeman belonging to an elite government squad who was assigned to masquerade as a supporter and infiltrate the African National Congress so he could assassinate their leaders. Fourie is the cop, and his squadron is the most notoriously racist unit of the S.A. police force; they were infamous for donning street clothes, putting on blackface makeup, and driving around in unmarked cars to kill people and cause trouble to encourage fighting amongst rival groups. Although the ANC members are initially suspicious of Fourie, eventually they accept him and send him to be trained in Lusaka, Zambia, and other places. They even send him to Moscow where he learns about Marxist philosophies. By the time Fourie completes all that training, the conflict has ended, Mandela is released, and his squadron has split up and melted into the general populace. View more details

Hearts & Minds

Directed : Ralph Ziman

Written : Ralph Ziman Patrick Shai

Stars : Danny Keogh Brian O'Shaughnessy Patrick Shai Seputla Sebogodi

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Genres : Thriller Drama History War

Release date : Jan 9, 1997

Countries of origin : South Africa

Language : English Portuguese Afrikaans Zulu

Production companies : Cabin Fever Entertainment Z-INC Films

Summary Set when the apartheid government was still in control, this powerful South African thriller is based on the true story of a policeman belonging to an elite government squad who was assigned to masquerade as a supporter and infiltrate the African National Congress so he could assassinate their leaders. Fourie is the cop, and his squadron is the most notoriously racist unit of the S.A. police force; they were infamous for donning street clothes, putting on blackface makeup, and driving around in unmarked cars to kill people and cause trouble to encourage fighting amongst rival groups. Although the ANC members are initially suspicious of Fourie, eventually they accept him and send him to be trained in Lusaka, Zambia, and other places. They even send him to Moscow where he learns about Marxist philosophies. By the time Fourie completes all that training, the conflict has ended, Mandela is released, and his squadron has split up and melted into the general populace. View more details

Details

Genres : Thriller Drama History War

Release date : Jan 9, 1997

Countries of origin : South Africa

Language : English Portuguese Afrikaans Zulu

Production companies : Cabin Fever Entertainment Z-INC Films

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