A young documentary filmmaker working for a struggling television station travels to South Africa for work.
Acting
Martin Sheen phones it in from a better movie in his head.
Production
Actual South African locations, wasted on this script.
Director
Dee McLachlan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dee McLachlan directed this under a male pseudonym early in her career, a common practice for women in 90s action-adjacent filmmaking. She later became known for gritty Australian crime films.
Released the year after Nelson Mandela's election, this clumsily attempts post-apartheid relevance while still centering white American protagonists as African saviors. The ANC government reportedly denied location permits for similar projects afterward.
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