A Dry White Season ni filime yikinamico yo muri Amerika yo mu 1989 iyobowe na Euzhan Palcy ikinwamo na Donald Sutherland, Jürgen Prochnow, Marlon Brando, Janet Suzman, Zakes Mokae naSusan Sarandon Yanditswe na Colin Welland na Palcy[1], ishingiye ku gitabo cya André Brink cyitwa A Dry White Season[2]. Robert Bolt nawe yatanze umusanzu wo gusubiramo amashusho atemewe[3]. Yashyizwe muri Afrika yepfo mumwaka wa 1976 kandi ivuga kubyerekeye ivanguramoko . Brando yatorewe muri Oscar nk'umukinnyi witwaye neza[4].
Mu 1976, muri Afurika y'Epfo mu gihe cya apartheid, Ben Du Toit ( Donald Sutherland ) ni umwarimu w’ishuri ryo muri Afurika yepfo ku ishuri ry’abazungu gusa. Umunsi umwe[5], umuhungu w’umurimyi we, Gordon Ngubene ( Winston Ntshona ), yakubiswe n’abapolisi bera nyuma yo gufatwa n’abapolisi mu myigaragambyo y’amahoro hagamijwe politiki nziza y’uburezi ku birabura muri Afurika yepfo[6]. Gordon asaba Ben ubufasha. Ben amaze kwanga gutabara kubera ko yizeraga abapolisi, Gordon na we yafashwe na polisi kandi akorerwa iyicarubozo na Kapiteni Stolz ( Jürgen Prochnow ). Bitandukanye n'ubushake bw'umugore we Susan ( Janet Suzman ) n'umukobwa we Suzette ( Susannah Harker )[7], Ben agerageza kumenya byinshi ku ibura ry'umurimyi we wenyine. Nyuma y’ivumburwa ry’ubwicanyi bwakozwe na Gordon n’umuhungu we bombi[8], Ben yahisemo kugeza iki kibazo imbere y’urukiko na Ian McKenzie ( Marlon Brando ) nk'umunyamategeko ariko aratsindwa. Nyuma yaho[9], akomeje gukora wenyine kandi ashyigikira itsinda rito ryabirabura, barimo umushoferi we Stanley Makhaya ( Zakes Mokae ), kugira ngo afashe abandi bateze imbere imibereho[10].
