Synopsis:
When Broomfield completed
The
Leader, His Driver and The Driver's Wife, his 1991 film about
the white South African extremist leader Eugene Terreblanche, he
received death threats, as well as a message on his answerphone
threatening to bomb his flat. Fourteen years later, he decides to
take his life into his hands and follow up the story of the AWB and
the people involved.
He meets up with JP, Terreblanche's now former driver, and Anita,
JP's now former wife. JP feels betrayed by the leaders who promised
him a revolution that never came, while Anita has resigned herself
to a lonely existence with her grandchildren and her cats, seeming
to accept the new South Africa. Terreblanche, on the other hand,
has been up to all sorts of mischief, including a prison sentence
for the attempted murder of his watchman and the hint of even
shadier crimes that have never been fully exposed. Now writing
poetry and claiming to lead a quiet life, Broomfield must pluck up
his courage and try to interview the man once more.
Synopsis:
When Broomfield completed
The
Leader, His Driver and The Driver's Wife, his 1991 film about
the white South African extremist leader Eugene Terreblanche, he
received death threats, as well as a message on his answerphone
threatening to bomb his flat. Fourteen years later, he decides to
take his life into his hands and follow up the story of the AWB and
the people involved.
He meets up with JP, Terreblanche's now former driver, and Anita,
JP's now former wife. JP feels betrayed by the leaders who promised
him a revolution that never came, while Anita has resigned herself
to a lonely existence with her grandchildren and her cats, seeming
to accept the new South Africa. Terreblanche, on the other hand,
has been up to all sorts of mischief, including a prison sentence
for the attempted murder of his watchman and the hint of even
shadier crimes that have never been fully exposed. Now writing
poetry and claiming to lead a quiet life, Broomfield must pluck up
his courage and try to interview the man once more.