film everyone watch quite apart raising hugely important points while south africa road recovery still many countries similar situations now superbly directed denzel washington gives opinion best performance career far kline also gives good performance although perhaps stunning washingtons john thaw also puts good turn chief policebr br there many possible areas film apartheid could fall down avoided would easy simply portray white people bad guys black people good guys attenborough done this sure white characters seemed inherently evil captain soweto uprising add extra dimensions characters would make film unbearably long people complain length film is think needs whole two half hours tell whole story really incredible onebr br the best scene film steve bikos funeral whole crowd begins sing south african national anthem probably one of moving scenes seenbr br if seen film already watch it may comfortable viewing certainly worth it