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9th February 2022, 05:32 AM
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Good movie
Those of us who went to South Africa during the 60's will no doubt remember the days of Aparthied and the ANC run by N. Mandella.
There is a very good movie on NETFLIX about tat time, story of two white guys who were distributing anti Aparthied messages.
Arrested, tried and sent to PRETORIA prison.
From there along with another guy they manage to escape.
The movie which is a true story is called
ESCAPE FROM PRETORIA
It shows some of the brutality of those times and well worth a look in.
Happy daze John in Oz.
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9th February 2022, 05:55 AM
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Re: Good movie
Another good theme for a movie would be about the same era of down 25 de Mayo in Buenos Aires where seamen were wrongly arrested and used as slave labour to keep their city clean . However they were only seamen and had the audacity to smell of alcohol , apart from other things , especially if wearing dirty white boiler suits, which were allowed in Cuba. JS
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9th February 2022, 06:32 AM
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Re: Good movie
Escape from Pretoria - Wikipedia
May be a good watch, but made in Australia , so would not really contain the real Places needed!
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9th February 2022, 08:33 AM
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