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Rosewood (1997)
A very powerful and disturbing film
A very powerful and disturbing film, yet strangely unsatisfying since the (white) viewer cannot empathize with any of the characters. Even Voigt's character (Mr. Wright), who is a semi-hero for doing anything at all, does so little and so reluctantly that the viewer detests him along with all the other stereotypical racists. The subject matter needed more of a Scorcese or Oliver Stone and less of a Fellini approach or mood.
Mister Johnson (1990)
An exceptionally accurate albeit whimsical film.
This is a wonderful film that captures the flavor of working in the African bush more accurately than any film I've seen. The gentle cultural clash between Mr. Johnson and the road builder (Pierce Brosnan) is exactly as I've experienced it with so many workers. And Mr. Johnson's downfall caused by his inner conflict (being pulled from his traditional roots down into the beguiling but unaffordable Western abyss) could have been the autobiography of too many African funtionaires I've known.