Boesman and Lena (2000), Angela Bassett, Danny Glover

Boesman and Lena (2000) is a film adaption by John Berry of the smallcast play of the same name by South African playwright Athol Fugard, which premiered in 1969. It is set in the Swartkops mudflats outside of Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape, that shows the effect of apartheid on a few individuals, focusing on a houseless couple walking from one shanty town to another. In common with much of Fugard s other work, the play focuses on nonwhite characters and includes an element of social protest. It was inspired by an incident in 1965 when Fugard was driving down a rural road in South Africa, noticed an old lady walking along the road in the boilinghot sun, miles from anywhere, and offered her a lift. Source: Wikipedia