When watching this movie, one should keep the following quote in mind: "One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter." Because although it is true, that the movie covers a sad and tragic phase in South African history, a lot of innocent white South Africans were also seriously injured and killed by "Freedom Fighters" - the movie should have focused on that perhaps as well, underlining the problem, that the ANC had a policy of not harming innocents, but this was almost never the case - however Chamusso tried to follow this policy, (that was depicted well in the movie) and was jailed, because he was careful not to harm innocents.
But Chamusso's quote at the end, "That the white people were forced to abolish Apartheid", is not really true. A national vote was held 1992 in South Africa - "the referendum" - and the majority of the white people voted for the abolishment of Apartheid; so in the end black AND white South Africans made the peaceful transition in South Africa possible. So the end of the movie - which is hastily tacked on - seems bitter and resentful, but historically it all turned out well after all.
All in all, the movie is good for people who have not heard about Apartheid before - or even about South Africa. But Americans can certainly learn from this story, to achieve a better social cohesion between white and coloured people in the US.
But Chamusso's quote at the end, "That the white people were forced to abolish Apartheid", is not really true. A national vote was held 1992 in South Africa - "the referendum" - and the majority of the white people voted for the abolishment of Apartheid; so in the end black AND white South Africans made the peaceful transition in South Africa possible. So the end of the movie - which is hastily tacked on - seems bitter and resentful, but historically it all turned out well after all.
All in all, the movie is good for people who have not heard about Apartheid before - or even about South Africa. But Americans can certainly learn from this story, to achieve a better social cohesion between white and coloured people in the US.