0:01:44 > 0:01:46Come on, now.
0:01:47 > 0:01:48Let's do it.
0:02:26 > 0:02:27Sandra.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Sandra Laing?
0:02:33 > 0:02:38Hugh Johnston, World Network News. Could we ask some questions?
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Sandra! Sandra! >
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Can I get your autograph?
0:02:56 > 0:02:57Sorry.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Look, Mama!
0:03:33 > 0:03:36- I've got a secret. - Is it a good secret?
0:03:36 > 0:03:38- Yes, very.- Tell me.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39I've packed Melinda for you.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54Are you ready, my angel?
0:04:00 > 0:04:01Dear God,
0:04:01 > 0:04:03make this journey safe.
0:04:03 > 0:04:09We put our beautiful children, Leon and Sandra, in your care and know that you will bless them.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Amen.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Bye!
0:04:40 > 0:04:43There once was a girl who lived in a shop
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Who'd only eat her mismatched socks
0:04:46 > 0:04:50Until, one day, along came a lion
0:04:50 > 0:04:53And gobbled her up in just two hops.
0:04:57 > 0:04:58Windows up.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31OK, Sandra?
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Have a good time.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Look out for Sandra.
0:05:35 > 0:05:36Off you go.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Come, my love.
0:05:39 > 0:05:40Bye, Sandra.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Good afternoon.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Hello, Mrs Dupier, what a lovely dress.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Sandra Laing.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08- What's the name again? - Laing. I'm Leon's mother.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13There. Bed number four, thank you.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Mama.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31- Why are they all staring? - You're new here, my sweet.
0:06:31 > 0:06:32They're just curious.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38- Excuse me. What is that? - Now, what shall we do with Melinda?
0:06:40 > 0:06:41Sandra!
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Do you want her on the bed like home or shall we put her on the table?
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Bed, please, Ma.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56So, it's done.
0:06:56 > 0:06:57Any problems?
0:06:59 > 0:07:01No.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16SOFT CRYING
0:07:21 > 0:07:22Sandra...
0:07:24 > 0:07:25I'm Elise.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27What do you want?
0:07:27 > 0:07:30- I'm from Swaziland. That's another country.- I know that.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34- I'm not stupid.- All my friends have always been black.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37I'm not black.
0:07:39 > 0:07:44Upon that Jesus reached out his hand, touched him and said, "I want to."
0:07:46 > 0:07:49And immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Close your eyes.
0:07:52 > 0:07:58- For what we are about to receive, Lord, make us truly grateful.- Amen!
0:08:15 > 0:08:16What happened?
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Tell me.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22I told Annie you weren't black, and she hit me.
0:08:23 > 0:08:28Now, in the early days, our country was vast plains.
0:08:28 > 0:08:35And on these plains were wild animals and savage natives who were always trying to take our land.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39There were many wars between them.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Why do you think that was, students?
0:08:42 > 0:08:43Er, Darby... Ya?
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Because they were kaffirs, Mevrou.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49That's a bad word, we don't use that language in the classroom.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53- Annie, yes.- They couldn't live together because they were different.
0:08:53 > 0:08:59- That's right, Annie. Good, good, good! Because they were...? - ALL: Different.
0:08:59 > 0:09:05Even today, we learn that everything about the Bantu is different.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08What sort of jobs do they do?
0:09:08 > 0:09:10They work in the fields, Mevrou.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13- That's right.- And in the mines.
0:09:13 > 0:09:14And in the mines.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18My father says he doesn't let them drive the tractors
0:09:18 > 0:09:21because they have monkey hands like Sandra.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23LAUGHTER
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Look. What does this say?
0:09:39 > 0:09:40Meneer Laing,
0:09:40 > 0:09:44a piece of paper is not going to reassure all the parents who
0:09:44 > 0:09:48call me every day to complain that there's a black child at the school.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Sandra is a disruption.
0:09:52 > 0:09:58You are a servant of the State, and the State requires you to look after my child.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01You must simply do your job.
0:10:01 > 0:10:06My job is to look after all the children at this school.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08Sandra does not belong here.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12It's true.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Sandra's special.
0:10:14 > 0:10:19Brave, intelligent... a wonderful child.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22Try getting to know her. You'll see.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32What do I always say to you?
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Never give up.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Never give up!
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Look after your sister, Leon.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Love to Mama!
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Hey, Mrs Laing. I need a new wife.
0:11:22 > 0:11:23This one, she's too expensive!
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Why do you talk to them?
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Just sell to them, it's all you have to do.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43What did they say?
0:11:43 > 0:11:46- I made sure they heard what- I- had to say.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51She'll settle in.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Leon was the same. Takes time.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56..45.
0:12:37 > 0:12:38Am I sick?
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Sandra. Sevens, please.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18- Begin.- Seven times one equals seven. Seven times two equals...
0:13:18 > 0:13:20BANGS BLACKBOARD Louder.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Seven times one equals seven.
0:13:23 > 0:13:24- Seven times two...- Louder!
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Seven times one equals seven.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Seven times two equals 14.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33- I said louder! Now begin again. - Why are you hitting me?
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Give me that. Now stand still! WHIP CRACKS
0:13:35 > 0:13:38WHIP CRACKS REPEATEDLY
0:13:46 > 0:13:48It's disgusting.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04What did I do wrong?
0:14:04 > 0:14:06Ask your parents.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Papa, what did I do wrong?
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Nothing, my angel. It's all right.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31So, you need three big men for one little girl?
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Sandra has been reclassified coloured.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37- She may no longer attend a white school.- Are you mad?
0:14:37 > 0:14:40She's our child.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43What are you going to do next?
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Reclassify my wife and me as well?
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Keep quiet, or you'll lose your daughter.
0:14:48 > 0:14:49What?
0:14:49 > 0:14:52- They are losing this country. - Get off my property! Now!
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Loop!
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Don't worry, Sannie.
0:15:10 > 0:15:11I will fix this.
0:15:11 > 0:15:16- How, Abraham? - The laws are there to protect us.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21Just have to play these people at their own game.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24- That's all.- Can they really take her away from us?
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Trust me.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31Just as I have trusted you all these years.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34How many times must we go through this?
0:15:34 > 0:15:39- You know that she is yours. - You're always so friendly with everyone at the shop.
0:15:39 > 0:15:40Who else is there to talk to?
0:15:40 > 0:15:44- Are you surprised that people talk and look at me?- Talk about what?
0:15:44 > 0:15:46- I have to live here! - I live here too!
0:15:46 > 0:15:48What do you think it's like for me?
0:15:48 > 0:15:50SINGS SOFTLY
0:15:56 > 0:15:57Can I sleep here?
0:16:08 > 0:16:10- Aurora?- Yes.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Am I really black like you?
0:16:14 > 0:16:19No, child. You are not black. Look.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Hmm?
0:16:50 > 0:16:52If you stop shivering, you can feel it move.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56- What?- (The baby.)
0:17:01 > 0:17:03I can't feel anything.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08There, it's moving.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10Oh, she's strong.
0:17:10 > 0:17:11She?
0:17:12 > 0:17:14What if it's a boy?
0:17:14 > 0:17:15Huh?
0:17:15 > 0:17:21Of course, we've always been staunch supporters of the Nationalist government. But you know, to be
0:17:21 > 0:17:26slapped in the face by our own people is indeed very sore.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30- Mr Laing, does Sandra have to be registered as a domestic worker to stay with you?- When Sandra's of age,
0:17:30 > 0:17:32- who will she be allowed to marry? - What kind of food does Sandra eat?
0:17:32 > 0:17:36- Please.- She eats honest, healthy food, made for her by her mother.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42Mrs Laing, are you concerned that you're going to be arrested under the morality act?
0:17:43 > 0:17:45I have never been unfaithful to my husband.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49How do you explain your child's appearance?
0:17:49 > 0:17:50I can't explain it.
0:17:50 > 0:17:55- If there is black blood in our veins, we never knew about them. - Sandra, come to your pa.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00This is Sandra.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03You may take her photograph, but, please, no questions.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05REPORTERS ALL TALK AT ONCE
0:18:16 > 0:18:18(Abraham, you must stop this.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20(I know what I'm doing.)
0:18:37 > 0:18:40Freak show, Abraham, that's what that was.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44I'm going to get her reclassified white.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48How will that change the colour of her skin?
0:18:48 > 0:18:50I'm doing it for her.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54I'm doing it for all of us.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Look, I've brought you a present.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13Maybe we'll get it through those curls one day.
0:19:14 > 0:19:15Are you angry?
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Do you want to hit me?
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Come on, hit me.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Oh!
0:19:27 > 0:19:28Feel better?
0:19:31 > 0:19:33I brought you something else.
0:19:47 > 0:19:53- Did you put cream on Leon too when he was small?- No.
0:19:54 > 0:19:55Because it burns.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05HE BLOWS GENTLY
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Take a seat, please.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27- Name?- Sandra Laing.
0:20:27 > 0:20:28What's your relation?
0:20:28 > 0:20:30We're her parents.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Take a seat.
0:20:40 > 0:20:41Excuse me.
0:20:48 > 0:20:49Sandy.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Thank you, we'll stand.
0:20:57 > 0:21:02The definition of a white person is a person who in appearance
0:21:02 > 0:21:08obviously is a white person and who is not generally accepted as a coloured person.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12Or, who is generally accepted as a white person
0:21:12 > 0:21:17- and is not in appearance obviously not a white person.- Is that clear?
0:21:19 > 0:21:20Come.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Shake your head.
0:21:44 > 0:21:45Harder.
0:21:49 > 0:21:50Turn around.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Stop.
0:21:55 > 0:21:56All the way.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Open your mouth.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Show me your teeth.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Thank you, you may go.
0:22:07 > 0:22:08Wait, wait!
0:22:10 > 0:22:16Aren't you going to ask about her background, her education, about us, her parents?
0:22:16 > 0:22:19We've seen what we needed to see.
0:22:19 > 0:22:20So, you see that she is white.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23We'll notify you in a few weeks as to what we've determined.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26I'm telling you, she is white.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29I'm her father, I'm as white as you are.
0:22:29 > 0:22:34This is her mother, undeniably white, and Sandra is our daughter.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Blood of our blood.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39We'll have to ask you to leave now.
0:22:39 > 0:22:40There is nothing to determine.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Look! What is this, what is this?
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Look! Tell me!
0:22:44 > 0:22:50- Tell me what this is! - Meneer Laing, stop!- Look, man! Are you blind?- Please, Pa, let's go.
0:22:50 > 0:22:51Abraham.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03Thank you, gentlemen. Thank you very much for your time.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Come.
0:23:07 > 0:23:08Come.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53What happens if it looks like Sandra?
0:23:53 > 0:23:56You won't love the baby any less, will you?
0:23:56 > 0:23:59I love Sandy.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01But...it's hard, Ma.
0:24:01 > 0:24:02I know.
0:24:05 > 0:24:06- I know it is. - DOOR CLOSES
0:24:33 > 0:24:34Sleep tight.
0:24:34 > 0:24:35COUGHING
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Sandy?
0:24:39 > 0:24:41What's happened?
0:24:42 > 0:24:43SANDRA SOBS
0:24:48 > 0:24:50Should I get Pa?
0:24:50 > 0:24:53No, just get the calamine lotion from my bedroom.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55SOBBING
0:25:03 > 0:25:04Oh, my sweetheart.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32They say she's coloured.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36What does it matter what a piece of paper says?
0:25:36 > 0:25:42Let's just go on with our lives now and look after Sandra the best way that we can.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44You don't understand.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48We're not going to take this lying down.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51She's OUR daughter.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55And I'll take on the whole bloody government if I have to.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Never give up, Sannie.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Never give up.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Are you prepared to swear, before God and on the Bible,
0:26:06 > 0:26:08that you are the parents of this child?
0:26:10 > 0:26:12I am, my Lord.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17- I mean, we are, my Lord.- Thank you.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21Call in the next witness, please.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Dr Sparks,
0:26:23 > 0:26:28I believe you have a statement to make?
0:26:28 > 0:26:30I've studied the Laings' case closely...
0:26:30 > 0:26:34I'm a great admirer of brevity, Dr Sparks, but will you please
0:26:34 > 0:26:37give us your area of expertise and your place of work.
0:26:37 > 0:26:42Sorry. Genetics research fellow at Wits University.
0:26:42 > 0:26:49- Thank you.- I believe there is a plausible genetic explanation for Sandra's appearance.
0:26:49 > 0:26:56The history of our country is such that many, indeed we believe most Afrikaners carry black genes.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00ALL TALK AT ONCE
0:27:00 > 0:27:03Silence. Please go on.
0:27:04 > 0:27:09So, two white-looking parents can contribute enough
0:27:09 > 0:27:16black genes to produce a child quite a lot darker than themselves.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20This phenomenon is commonly known as a throwback.
0:27:20 > 0:27:25We prefer to use the more precise term - polygenic inheritance.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Thank you, Doctor.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Abraham!
0:27:42 > 0:27:47What's the matter with you? I didn't kill anyone.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49Hurry up, we're having a baby!
0:27:49 > 0:27:51BLARES HORN
0:27:51 > 0:27:52MOOING
0:27:52 > 0:27:54HORN BLARES
0:28:15 > 0:28:17He looks just like Pa!
0:28:32 > 0:28:34Do you want to hold him?
0:28:37 > 0:28:41Just cradle his head in the crook of your arm. That's right.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47Now, the trick to getting him to eat...
0:28:47 > 0:28:49is to rub his tummy. Just here.
0:28:59 > 0:29:00Good.
0:29:03 > 0:29:09- RADIO:- 'And in Parliament today, an amendment was made to the Population Registration Act.
0:29:09 > 0:29:16'Descent rather than appearance will be the determining factor in all classification cases.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20'Children must now be classified the same race as their parents.
0:29:20 > 0:29:24'Our reporter went to the streets of Pretoria to gather reaction.
0:29:24 > 0:29:28- 'This is a betrayal...' - She's white again.
0:29:29 > 0:29:30Sannie!
0:29:32 > 0:29:34Sannie!
0:29:36 > 0:29:37Sannie!
0:29:37 > 0:29:39She's white again!
0:29:39 > 0:29:41Sandra...
0:29:41 > 0:29:43You're white!
0:30:22 > 0:30:24Sorry I'm late, the fan belt broke.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26I fixed it with my tights the way your Pa taught me.
0:30:29 > 0:30:30Who are the handsomes?
0:30:30 > 0:30:32They're from the boys' school.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34They come over once a month.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36- That's nice.- Not really.
0:30:38 > 0:30:39Shall I get my bags?
0:30:54 > 0:30:55Put your arms down so I can see you.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01So grown-up! All "Madam this" and "Madam that" now?
0:31:14 > 0:31:15Come and play with me.
0:31:15 > 0:31:16No, I want to say hello to Pa.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19Tell him not to be late. It's your favourite!
0:31:30 > 0:31:33I'll take those and those, that's 25 altogether.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42You can pay me next week.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55This shop's no place for a young lady.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58Look, I got you a typewriter...
0:32:02 > 0:32:05Maybe you could work in an office one day. Much nicer.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49Ma, I want it below the knees.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52You have lovely knees, my sweetheart,
0:32:52 > 0:32:55and all the girls wear them above these days.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57- What do you think, Pa?- Hmm?
0:33:01 > 0:33:03Very...
0:33:03 > 0:33:04modern.
0:33:22 > 0:33:23Please go.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39Sandra, my sweet, you look like you have seen a ghost.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41It's all too light for me, Ma.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44You don't need that stuff. Your skin is perfect.
0:33:46 > 0:33:47Here...
0:33:50 > 0:33:52I don't want to go out with Johan.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54Who would you prefer? The Swazi boy?
0:33:54 > 0:33:56He's too fat.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59And he wears these...
0:33:59 > 0:34:00tiny shorts. THEY LAUGH
0:34:01 > 0:34:05There's not a lot of choice around here.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12Beautiful.
0:34:12 > 0:34:20..The thing that's not so nice is every Sunday my father chops one of the cocks' head off.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22But the flesh is very tender.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26The red ones, they are the best layers.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29The kids at school, they always said my mother laid the eggs.
0:34:35 > 0:34:36Do you know that you can hypnotise a chicken?
0:34:38 > 0:34:44I promise you, you just put it on its back and then you draw a line from its beak
0:34:44 > 0:34:47and then it just lies there with its mouth open.
0:34:51 > 0:34:57You know, you don't have to feel bad about looking like a coloured.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00It's OK with me. Really.
0:35:05 > 0:35:06I like this song.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08MUSIC PLAYS
0:35:23 > 0:35:24Hi.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35..She's with him.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37I think someone's complaining about you.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43- < We don't want her kind here. - (Please, let's just go.)
0:35:45 > 0:35:49I promised my dad I'd keep you out until six o'clock.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51It's just another half-hour.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56Will you excuse me?
0:36:25 > 0:36:26I'm stuck.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35It might have been easier if you paid your bill.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37SHE LAUGHS
0:36:38 > 0:36:40Oh!
0:36:40 > 0:36:42That hurt.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44That's why I made you laugh.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53I've got to go.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55Wait here, I'll give you a lift home.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35You can't walk all the way home.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37You won't have any feet left.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54My mother can vouch for my good character, we can go and see her now.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56It will take us two days, but if you insist...
0:38:08 > 0:38:11- You like my van?- It's yours?
0:38:11 > 0:38:12I saved up for it.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15Two years and eight tonnes of cabbages.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27Have you ever driven and danced all at the same time?
0:38:30 > 0:38:32I didn't think so.
0:38:32 > 0:38:33Just put on the radio for me, please.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39MUSIC STARTS
0:38:39 > 0:38:41Oh, my goodness! La la la la!
0:38:42 > 0:38:43Ha ha!
0:38:43 > 0:38:45Look!
0:39:06 > 0:39:08Where do you live?
0:39:08 > 0:39:11Prefontaine.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13Just over the rainbow.
0:39:17 > 0:39:18I'd better go...
0:39:18 > 0:39:20Before Pa comes out.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26Thank you.
0:39:45 > 0:39:46Where's Johan?
0:39:46 > 0:39:49He dropped me at the gate.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52- He had to get home.- Did he talk about chickens all afternoon?
0:39:52 > 0:39:53Yes.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56No second date?
0:39:57 > 0:40:00You can't expect to find the right one straight away.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03It took me a long time to find your Pa.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07Good night.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28Look, you pick squashes too early.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31I'll take those, and those, 16 altogether.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33Have Sandra pay you from the till.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36No more than we agreed.
0:40:36 > 0:40:37Yes, boss.
0:40:48 > 0:40:49Thank you.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53My feet are still sore.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55- I have a cure.- Sandra.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59- Bring me the books from last night. - Yes, Pa.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05What do you think you're doing with my daughter?
0:41:05 > 0:41:08Uh... Just talking, we was.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12Six feet.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15That's the distance you keep when talking to her.
0:41:15 > 0:41:16Surely.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30Is your hair like that all over?
0:41:32 > 0:41:34- Pardon?- Down there.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36Is it kaffir you or white you?
0:41:39 > 0:41:40Argh!
0:41:46 > 0:41:47Bitch!
0:42:01 > 0:42:05So that's two she's decided aren't good enough for her.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Abraham, leave her alone.
0:42:12 > 0:42:17- Do you love me? - That's a stupid question.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19Look at me.
0:42:19 > 0:42:23- What do you see? - I see my beautiful girl.
0:42:23 > 0:42:24Pa...
0:42:25 > 0:42:26I'm not white.
0:42:26 > 0:42:31- That's what those boys want, a white girl to marry, to have children with. - That's enough.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36You're excused from the table, go. Go!
0:42:41 > 0:42:45- Can I help at the shop today? - Shut up!
0:42:49 > 0:42:52- Didn't you see her bruises? - Love bites. They're kids.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54No, he was hurting her.
0:42:54 > 0:42:58Abraham, you know this isn't going to be easy.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00Of course it won't be easy.
0:43:00 > 0:43:04But what must she do? Stay out here with us for ever?
0:43:04 > 0:43:08- There are boys at her school, foreign boys.- Oh, foreign boys.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11They have different ideas, they could take her away.
0:43:11 > 0:43:12Take her away.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15When she was born, you wanted to hide, out here
0:43:15 > 0:43:18in the middle of nowhere and now you want someone to take her away.
0:43:18 > 0:43:21No, I want her to have a life. A good life.
0:43:21 > 0:43:25She will marry an Afrikaner, because that's what she is. Afrikaans.
0:43:31 > 0:43:33- Good morning.- Good morning, boss.
0:43:49 > 0:43:50Don't go.
0:45:05 > 0:45:08So is it a good secret, the one that you're keeping?
0:45:10 > 0:45:12Very.
0:45:12 > 0:45:13The car needs a new carburettor.
0:45:13 > 0:45:17Don't wait. Tell Nora to keep some dinner warm for me.
0:45:20 > 0:45:22He is still cross with me.
0:45:23 > 0:45:25You could try harder.
0:45:25 > 0:45:27You are just as stubborn as he is.
0:45:27 > 0:45:30He ignores everything I say.
0:45:30 > 0:45:31It's not personal.
0:45:31 > 0:45:34Your Pa thinks two words strung together is a conversation.
0:45:38 > 0:45:41So, are you going to tell me about it?
0:45:42 > 0:45:44It's nothing.
0:45:44 > 0:45:47It doesn't matter.
0:46:22 > 0:46:27My scars traditionally
0:46:27 > 0:46:30protect me from evil.
0:46:30 > 0:46:33They make me strong and lucky.
0:46:33 > 0:46:35That is how I got you.
0:46:37 > 0:46:38What about that one?
0:46:40 > 0:46:43From my grandmother.
0:46:44 > 0:46:45She hit me with a frying pan.
0:46:48 > 0:46:50She is a tough woman.
0:46:55 > 0:46:58How do you do that?
0:46:58 > 0:46:59Make me feel better?
0:47:01 > 0:47:03I try hard.
0:47:14 > 0:47:16Where have you been?
0:47:18 > 0:47:20For a walk...to see Nora.
0:47:22 > 0:47:23Try again.
0:47:25 > 0:47:27What are you doing with that kaffir?
0:47:27 > 0:47:31- Tell me!- No.- I saw with my own eyes.
0:47:33 > 0:47:34This is your fault.
0:47:39 > 0:47:40Back to bed, sweetheart.
0:47:44 > 0:47:46Move your hand or I'll put a nail through it.
0:47:46 > 0:47:49Let's hear what she has to say before you imprison her.
0:47:57 > 0:47:59No more smart talk, Sandy, this is serious.
0:48:03 > 0:48:04I like him.
0:48:05 > 0:48:06Petrus.
0:48:06 > 0:48:08Petrus?
0:48:10 > 0:48:15- You like him? Like a friend, like a brother?- A boyfriend.
0:48:21 > 0:48:23Petrus is a black man.
0:48:23 > 0:48:26- Dirt in this country. - He understands me, Ma.
0:48:26 > 0:48:30You can't help what you were born with, but you can help what you become.
0:48:30 > 0:48:32Now, go and wash your face.
0:48:33 > 0:48:35You have punished your father enough.
0:48:37 > 0:48:39Ma.
0:48:53 > 0:48:54Welcome home, son.
0:48:56 > 0:48:57Good boy.
0:49:09 > 0:49:10Nora.
0:49:17 > 0:49:18Hey!
0:49:20 > 0:49:22Dead and buried.
0:49:22 > 0:49:26That's how you'll be if you come near my property or my family again.
0:49:26 > 0:49:29- You understand?- Sure, Boss Laing.
0:50:00 > 0:50:04- Boss Laing.- You can't be a brave kaffir, so you must be a stupid one.
0:50:04 > 0:50:07- I don't think you understand... - You have till three.
0:50:07 > 0:50:09Three!
0:50:10 > 0:50:11No.
0:50:17 > 0:50:19Abraham, stop!
0:50:40 > 0:50:41Abraham.
0:50:49 > 0:50:53- Remember she's your daughter. - Why do you think I am doing this?
0:50:53 > 0:50:58I didn't let the state take her away. I'm not going to let some bloody kaffir tear my family apart.
0:51:25 > 0:51:26Can I help you, boss?
0:51:28 > 0:51:30Petrus Zwane. Do you know where he stays?
0:51:32 > 0:51:35THEY SPEAK IN SWAHILI
0:51:38 > 0:51:43OK. They say he went to Swaziland to a cousin's for a while in Babani.
0:51:55 > 0:51:57And who are you?
0:51:57 > 0:51:59- Sandra.- Louder!- Sandra Laing.
0:52:05 > 0:52:07Get dressed, both of you. Now!
0:52:11 > 0:52:12Hurry up!
0:52:19 > 0:52:20In you go.
0:52:49 > 0:52:52How long should she be punished?
0:52:52 > 0:52:55That's for the magistrate to decide.
0:52:56 > 0:52:58She has committed a crime.
0:53:00 > 0:53:01She needs time to think.
0:53:03 > 0:53:04Repent.
0:53:41 > 0:53:42All rise.
0:53:50 > 0:53:51Be seated.
0:53:55 > 0:53:56Sandra Laing,
0:53:56 > 0:54:01you have been detained for three months for entering the Kingdom of Swaziland illegally.
0:54:02 > 0:54:04I am prepared to release you now
0:54:04 > 0:54:09on condition you return to your parents' home until you are of age.
0:54:22 > 0:54:26Sandra, come. You heard what the magistrate said.
0:54:28 > 0:54:30You put me in there. I'm not going with you.
0:54:30 > 0:54:35My baby, please come home. Your father knows that he was wrong.
0:54:35 > 0:54:36Abraham.
0:54:38 > 0:54:44We want you home, Sandra. Your mother, Adriaan, Leon.
0:54:44 > 0:54:46And me, too. I want you home.
0:54:47 > 0:54:49It's not possible.
0:54:49 > 0:54:52Please, we made a mistake, both of us.
0:54:57 > 0:55:03Sandra, if you don't come now you will never see your family again, I promise you.
0:55:03 > 0:55:05No, Abraham.
0:55:05 > 0:55:07He doesn't mean it.
0:55:08 > 0:55:09I'm pregnant.
0:55:14 > 0:55:16Do you still want me home?
0:55:28 > 0:55:29Sandie...
0:56:18 > 0:56:21You two are the only family your mother and I have now.
0:56:21 > 0:56:22You understand?
0:56:27 > 0:56:28She left you, too, you know?
0:56:31 > 0:56:33SHE WAILS IN PAIN
0:56:33 > 0:56:38It's coming. Push!
0:56:44 > 0:56:46My baby.
0:56:55 > 0:56:58He OK. Here is your baby.
0:57:01 > 0:57:05BABY CRIES
0:57:39 > 0:57:41SHOUTS OF DELIGHT
0:57:54 > 0:57:57Way-hey!
0:58:00 > 0:58:05SNEEZES AND RECITES
0:58:25 > 0:58:28BABY CRIES
0:58:51 > 0:58:56- Where's your truck?- I sold it. Investment for the future.
0:58:56 > 0:58:59And with a shop, we can buy two more.
0:58:59 > 0:59:00Maybe 100 more.
0:59:10 > 0:59:11JAZZY MUSIC PLAYS
0:59:22 > 0:59:26Now, this is one thing they'll never take away from us.
0:59:26 > 0:59:29Can you imagine them doing that?
0:59:53 > 0:59:55- Was Petrus always such a show off? - Always.
0:59:55 > 0:59:58But with you now, he has something to show off about.
1:00:11 > 1:00:12Please, he meant no harm.
1:00:12 > 1:00:16Petrus, where's the beer? I'm not drunk enough.
1:01:00 > 1:01:03- I thought you were happy here.- I am.
1:01:03 > 1:01:08- Then why are you writing letters to your mother?- I miss her.
1:01:08 > 1:01:10It doesn't mean I don't love you.
1:01:32 > 1:01:35Nora, what did she just give you?
1:01:36 > 1:01:37- Nothing, boss.- Give it to me.
1:01:43 > 1:01:44Hey!
1:01:46 > 1:01:50Tell Sandra her mother wants nothing to do with her. Off you go.
1:01:54 > 1:01:58If you ever lie to me again, I'll kick you out of here.
1:02:13 > 1:02:14Don't.
1:02:25 > 1:02:30- Can't we go to them?- Sannie... - I'm begging you, please.
1:02:31 > 1:02:35- You realise how these people are living?- She's your daughter.
1:02:37 > 1:02:41OK, so we go and see them. Then what?
1:02:41 > 1:02:45We bring them here, make a home for her and the baby out the back with Nora?
1:02:45 > 1:02:48What are you talking about? Sandra lives here with us.
1:02:49 > 1:02:51And Petrus?
1:02:51 > 1:02:54Must we invite him to live in the house with us, as well?
1:02:55 > 1:03:00All I am asking is that we see Sandra and her baby.
1:03:02 > 1:03:05No. She made that choice.
1:03:19 > 1:03:20Leave it.
1:03:22 > 1:03:25CAR ENGINE REVS
1:03:34 > 1:03:37Get out. Get out!
1:03:41 > 1:03:44You know what keeps me awake at night?
1:03:45 > 1:03:47Maybe she made the right choice.
1:03:59 > 1:04:02Put that away. I don't like things that make you sad.
1:04:06 > 1:04:07I want to be your wife.
1:04:09 > 1:04:12- You are.- I mean your real wife.
1:04:12 > 1:04:14Legal wife.
1:04:14 > 1:04:15You know what that involves.
1:04:19 > 1:04:21Too much of your father in you.
1:04:42 > 1:04:46CHANTING
1:05:06 > 1:05:09So, you want to be reclassified coloured?
1:05:09 > 1:05:14Yes. My son is coloured and I want to marry his father, who is black.
1:05:14 > 1:05:16And you are?
1:05:16 > 1:05:18White. According to the government.
1:05:20 > 1:05:21Is this a joke?
1:05:21 > 1:05:22I'm afraid not.
1:05:25 > 1:05:27- Are you the father?- Yes, boss.
1:05:30 > 1:05:31Just a minute.
1:05:45 > 1:05:46I'm sorry, I can't help you.
1:05:47 > 1:05:50I need your birth certificate. Next!
1:05:50 > 1:05:53Wait. What am I supposed to do in the meantime?
1:05:54 > 1:05:57As long as you don't have an ID card, you don't exist.
1:05:57 > 1:06:02Well if I don't exist, can I still live with my coloured child and his black father?
1:06:03 > 1:06:05No. You're breaking the law.
1:07:05 > 1:07:09- This is him.- Beautiful boy!
1:07:13 > 1:07:15Do you know who I am?
1:07:15 > 1:07:18Did your mother tell you about me?
1:07:19 > 1:07:20Why didn't you write?
1:07:22 > 1:07:24I did. Your Pa burned all the letters.
1:07:27 > 1:07:30I wish we had more time. Your Pa's going to be back any minute.
1:07:30 > 1:07:33Ma, I need my birth certificate.
1:07:34 > 1:07:36I want to be reclassified coloured.
1:07:39 > 1:07:41Ma, they could take my baby away from me.
1:07:43 > 1:07:46Oh, Sandy, are you sure?
1:07:46 > 1:07:47Yes. I'm happy.
1:07:54 > 1:07:57I'll find a way to get it to you, I promise.
1:08:01 > 1:08:03Can I keep this, until next time?
1:08:08 > 1:08:09Wait.
1:08:25 > 1:08:26Come again.
1:09:17 > 1:09:18Stay in the car.
1:09:23 > 1:09:25Your grandson has your eyes.
1:09:25 > 1:09:28If I ever find them here,
1:09:28 > 1:09:31I will kill them and then myself.
1:09:54 > 1:09:56You were given more than enough warning.
1:09:56 > 1:10:00This is now a whites-only area.
1:10:04 > 1:10:06Please proceed in an orderly manner.
1:10:23 > 1:10:24Petrus!
1:10:56 > 1:10:58Move!
1:11:19 > 1:11:22- I don't know what else to bring. - You don't need that.
1:11:22 > 1:11:25Or your birth certificate. In your head, you're still white.
1:11:32 > 1:11:35I left my family for you, Petrus.
1:11:35 > 1:11:36I don't know what else to give you.
1:11:37 > 1:11:42You don't understand. I have nothing. My son has nothing.
1:11:42 > 1:11:44And you can always go home.
1:11:44 > 1:11:45This is my home!
1:12:55 > 1:12:57They take our homes, our families.
1:13:01 > 1:13:04And we are supposed to believe we're human?
1:13:18 > 1:13:20My wife is white.
1:13:26 > 1:13:28Her skin is a curse.
1:13:36 > 1:13:37I'm pregnant again.
1:13:37 > 1:13:39It's a blessing.
1:15:15 > 1:15:18SINGING
1:15:49 > 1:15:51- It doesn't like it, Hendry. - Leave me alone.
1:15:51 > 1:15:53He says his leg is much better.
1:15:55 > 1:15:59The doctor says it's fractured not broken.
1:16:01 > 1:16:05He should be able to send money home soon and he misses you.
1:16:07 > 1:16:09Not now, I'm busy.
1:16:09 > 1:16:10Hendry hit me.
1:16:13 > 1:16:15Let's hope it bites him, eh?
1:16:27 > 1:16:31He's sorry he hasn't written in so long, but he was arrested.
1:16:32 > 1:16:35I can't make out the next bit.
1:16:39 > 1:16:43Break it up. Break it. That's it.
1:16:44 > 1:16:45"My Dearest Ma,
1:16:45 > 1:16:48"I think of you and Pa...
1:16:48 > 1:16:49You can't read my letters.
1:16:51 > 1:16:55Is the white madam telling the kaffir what he can and cannot do?
1:16:58 > 1:17:02Watch carefully. This is how my mother taught me how to make it.
1:17:02 > 1:17:05Hey. I'm sick of hearing about your mother.
1:17:07 > 1:17:10You want to make things grow, you need water.
1:17:10 > 1:17:13Didn't your mother tell you that?
1:17:17 > 1:17:18Sandra...
1:17:48 > 1:17:51THUNDER
1:17:51 > 1:17:54SNORING
1:18:41 > 1:18:43I'll keep in touch, I promise.
1:18:43 > 1:18:45You've been like a mother to me.
1:18:45 > 1:18:51A gogo, maybe. We all have two gogos, but only one mother.
1:18:56 > 1:18:57(Thank you.)
1:20:25 > 1:20:27I know you.
1:20:29 > 1:20:30Utembi.
1:20:33 > 1:20:36We played together as children, you taught me to swim.
1:20:38 > 1:20:39Her father. Shout, shout!
1:20:42 > 1:20:44Where did my parents go?
1:20:46 > 1:20:51She went to Pongola. There were relatives there. A cousin.
1:20:51 > 1:20:53Yes, I think so.
1:21:04 > 1:21:07Hey. Do you want a lift?
1:21:34 > 1:21:35DOORBELL RINGS
1:21:44 > 1:21:46Wait. Let me explain.
1:21:46 > 1:21:48Go away or I'll call the police.
1:21:48 > 1:21:49I'm Sandra.
1:22:07 > 1:22:10- Ma.- 'Sandy.'
1:22:13 > 1:22:14It's me, mama.
1:22:17 > 1:22:19Sandra.
1:22:21 > 1:22:23Please, mama.
1:22:23 > 1:22:25I need to see you.
1:22:26 > 1:22:28'I've left Petrus.
1:22:28 > 1:22:30'Tell me where you are.'
1:22:30 > 1:22:32Sannie, who is it?
1:22:35 > 1:22:38'I'm sorry, Sandra.
1:22:38 > 1:22:40'Your father is very sick.'
1:22:41 > 1:22:44I miss you so much.
1:22:51 > 1:22:52I love you, mama.
1:22:52 > 1:22:54Sannie.
1:22:58 > 1:23:00I have to go to him now.
1:23:05 > 1:23:06'I love you, too.'
1:23:14 > 1:23:15RECEIVER CLICKS
1:23:40 > 1:23:41Where is she?
1:23:43 > 1:23:45With Anna in Pongola.
1:23:47 > 1:23:48Take me to her.
1:23:50 > 1:23:53No.
1:23:53 > 1:23:55It's not possible, I'm telling you.
1:23:56 > 1:24:00You are too sick. I'm going to get your lunch and your tablets now.
1:24:05 > 1:24:06Ah!
1:24:09 > 1:24:11What the hell are you doing?!
1:24:13 > 1:24:17I'm going to Pongola. I'm going to see her.
1:24:17 > 1:24:19You are going nowhere.
1:24:19 > 1:24:21Now get back to bed.
1:24:21 > 1:24:23Doctor's orders.
1:24:29 > 1:24:34All these years you've kept us apart, you didn't even want to see the pictures of her children.
1:24:34 > 1:24:36What has changed?
1:24:36 > 1:24:39Why is it OK to go now?
1:24:39 > 1:24:42Please, I need to see her.
1:24:42 > 1:24:44You need to see her?
1:24:46 > 1:24:50I have needed to see her every day for the last 10 years.
1:24:50 > 1:24:52I'm so sorry, I was wrong.
1:24:55 > 1:24:57I have to tell her.
1:25:00 > 1:25:02Come on.
1:25:02 > 1:25:04You want her forgiveness?
1:25:04 > 1:25:09You don't deserve it. Neither do I.
1:25:10 > 1:25:13Sannie, I'm begging you.
1:25:13 > 1:25:16No.
1:25:16 > 1:25:18You made your choice.
1:26:19 > 1:26:23- Coming?- Let's do it.
1:27:01 > 1:27:04Could we ask some questions?
1:27:04 > 1:27:07OK, don't look at the camera.
1:27:09 > 1:27:11Did you vote today?
1:27:13 > 1:27:16- Yes.- She needs to speak up.
1:27:16 > 1:27:18A little bit louder this time.
1:27:20 > 1:27:26Most people will remember your story, how do you feel about the changes happening in South Africa?
1:27:26 > 1:27:29I'm happy for the country
1:27:29 > 1:27:32but it's too late for me.
1:27:32 > 1:27:36I haven't seen my parents in nearly 20 years.
1:27:39 > 1:27:41I don't know where they are.
1:27:55 > 1:27:58Special delivery.
1:28:10 > 1:28:14Sandra. Sandra, can I get your autograph?
1:28:24 > 1:28:26She thinks she's too famous for us!
1:28:49 > 1:28:53Hendry! Come and help me, please.
1:29:00 > 1:29:02- Hi, Mum.- Hi.
1:29:04 > 1:29:06- Hello, Mum.- Hi.
1:29:20 > 1:29:25- Is it a secret admirer? - It's from my mother.
1:29:25 > 1:29:27My father died of cancer.
1:29:27 > 1:29:29Two years ago.
1:29:33 > 1:29:35I can read it for you, Mum.
1:29:35 > 1:29:37The money's from my father.
1:29:37 > 1:29:40The same amount he left my brothers.
1:29:44 > 1:29:45Is that it?
1:29:50 > 1:29:55- Are you going to write back, Mum? - There's no return address.
1:30:03 > 1:30:08- We cannot release that information. - I thought this was the new South Africa.
1:30:08 > 1:30:11- Haven't you heard of the Freedom Of Information Act?- Too many times.
1:30:11 > 1:30:15I'm not leaving till you give me my file.
1:30:20 > 1:30:24There's a lady here by the name of Sandra Laing. She doesn't want to go away. She's talking about....
1:30:30 > 1:30:33Sandra Laing?
1:30:33 > 1:30:35- You won't remember me.- Uh-uh.
1:30:35 > 1:30:38I know who you are.
1:30:38 > 1:30:41I heard you got yourself classified coloured again.
1:30:41 > 1:30:43It was necessary.
1:30:43 > 1:30:45After all the trouble your father went to.
1:30:45 > 1:30:47My father is dead.
1:30:47 > 1:30:50- I'm sorry.- Please...
1:30:50 > 1:30:54I need you to help me find my mother before she also dies.
1:30:54 > 1:30:57Sandra, we don't keep those records here.
1:30:57 > 1:30:59Where else can I go?
1:31:00 > 1:31:04This is a pensions office, not a detective agency.
1:31:04 > 1:31:07If she's alive, you must pay her a pension.
1:31:07 > 1:31:09Surely you have her details?
1:31:09 > 1:31:10Mm.
1:31:14 > 1:31:18There are 70 other clerks here and it's always me.
1:31:18 > 1:31:19You've got a kind face.
1:31:19 > 1:31:21No, I don't.
1:31:21 > 1:31:24I have a fat face. People can't tell the difference.
1:32:13 > 1:32:17Oh, sorry, the old lady left months ago.
1:32:17 > 1:32:23- I heard she had a stroke.- Thank you.
1:32:34 > 1:32:37Was it really worth it, Ma?
1:32:39 > 1:32:41I thought you understood.
1:32:41 > 1:32:43I thought so too.
1:32:45 > 1:32:48But what's wrong with us?
1:32:48 > 1:32:50Aren't we enough for you?
1:32:50 > 1:32:53Of course you are.
1:32:53 > 1:32:55You never stop needing your parents.
1:32:56 > 1:32:58They're part of who you are.
1:33:07 > 1:33:08HAMMERING AT DOOR
1:33:20 > 1:33:21Oh, hello, Coco.
1:33:21 > 1:33:23Phone for you, Sandra.
1:33:30 > 1:33:32Thank you.
1:33:38 > 1:33:40Hello?
1:33:40 > 1:33:42Listen, Sandra,
1:33:42 > 1:33:45I, er, spoke to the Chief of Police.
1:33:45 > 1:33:47He made some enquiries.
1:34:27 > 1:34:29Your daughter's here to see you.
1:34:29 > 1:34:31My daughter?
1:34:49 > 1:34:51Well, aren't you going to say something?
1:34:54 > 1:34:57You had plenty to say to that TV reporter.
1:34:59 > 1:35:01I just told the truth.
1:35:01 > 1:35:04You weren't the only one who suffered, you know.
1:35:06 > 1:35:08I shouldn't have come.
1:35:08 > 1:35:10Sandra!
1:35:12 > 1:35:15Is there a key in the dresser?
1:35:24 > 1:35:26No, not there, the draw.
1:35:29 > 1:35:30No, the other one...
1:35:34 > 1:35:36- Let me help you? - I can get it myself.
1:35:36 > 1:35:38Don't be so stubborn, Ma.
1:35:43 > 1:35:44Come.
1:36:21 > 1:36:23Unlock that cupboard.
1:36:29 > 1:36:31That one.
1:36:35 > 1:36:37The box.
1:36:48 > 1:36:52I put it in storage so your pa couldn't get it.
1:37:19 > 1:37:22Doves shit a lot.
1:37:24 > 1:37:26- SANDRA LAUGHS - Ma!- It's true.
1:37:28 > 1:37:32Your pa didn't like me swearing but I enjoy it now.
1:37:37 > 1:37:39He wasn't a bad man.
1:37:39 > 1:37:42He did the best he could.
1:37:42 > 1:37:44Never give up.
1:37:44 > 1:37:47I wish that I had never heard those words.
1:37:48 > 1:37:50No, Ma,
1:37:50 > 1:37:52they kept me going.
1:38:05 > 1:38:07CHEERING
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