A Dry White Season Movie

South Africa Loosens the Reins of Movie Censorship : Free speech: The country's more relaxed approach to language and nudity reflects a fundamental break from its strict, Calvinist past.

June 4, 1990 | SCOTT KRAFT, TIMES STAFF WRITER

The censors thought Marlon Brando was all wrong as the crusty South African barrister. He met privately with his client. He wore the wrong robe in court. And then he stalked the courtroom like, well, an American lawyer, while questioning witnesses. No respectable barrister would do such things here. But that turned out to be one of the reasons South Africa's censors gave for unbanning "A Dry White Season."

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South Africa Loosens the Reins of Movie Censorship : Free speech: The country's more relaxed approach to language and nudity reflects a fundamental break from its strict, Calvinist past.

June 4, 1990 | SCOTT KRAFT, TIMES STAFF WRITER

The censors thought Marlon Brando was all wrong as the crusty South African barrister. He met privately with his client. He wore the wrong robe in court. And then he stalked the courtroom like, well, an American lawyer, while questioning witnesses. No respectable barrister would do such things here. But that turned out to be one of the reasons South Africa's censors gave for unbanning "A Dry White Season."

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