Ekhaya: A Family Chronicle | show | 1997 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

A Black South African lives in Toronto with his Canadian wife in 1989. His fears of being stalked by South African secre | dHNfN05ONXhvUDBJQ1k

Transcript

00:00 It was a day of massive protest in South Africa.

00:05 Now we're going to win our country, we're going to get our liberation because our leaders

00:10 are out.

00:11 Man, my country's changing.

00:13 We should be there, Rosa.

00:15 It is the dying days of apartheid in South Africa.

00:18 For exiled Darryl Bahas, the past is about to catch up with the present.

00:23 I'm here and I'm watching my dream play out on television.

00:28 This is in my home.

00:30 South Africa starts creeping into the news and you're seeing special agents around every

00:33 corner and you're having nightmares.

00:35 Who was that?

00:36 What did he want?

00:37 What, sir?

00:38 That's the man who's been following me.

00:39 This doesn't mean that what happened in South Africa didn't affect you.

00:42 I'm over that, Rosa.

00:45 I'm over it.

00:46 Sure you are.

00:47 Darryl, are you interested in politics?

00:53 I don't know, sir, but I like history.

00:57 You're not interested in revolutionary politics, then.

01:01 Power to the people!

01:02 Power!

01:03 [inaudible]

01:05 Armed struggle is the only way.

01:07 These actions are criminalistic and illegal.

01:10 You had better talk some sense into his head.

01:12 They can't do anything to us. We're just kids.

01:14 I'll shoot you right now.

01:15 This day shall be utilized to celebrate our struggle for freedom in South Africa.

01:21 Apartheid tore their country apart. Their families held them together.

01:27 Akaiah, a family chronicle.

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