Kalushi: The Story of Solomon Mahlangu

I'd never heard of this film before stumbling onto it on Netflix, and it's a must watch for all South Africans.

The story told brought to mind John Lennon's quote: "When it gets down to having to use violence, then you are playing the system's game. The establishment will irritate you - pull your beard, flick your face - to make you fight. Because once they've got you violent, then they know how to handle you. The only thing they don't know how to handle is non-violence and humor."

The well documented brutality of Apartheid cops makes this grizzly viewing. The film also doesn't shy away from portraying the bumbling MK in an unflattering light, sending woefully badly trained and instructed every-day-guys to pointless tragedy.

It's a sad story of an everyman, a sensitive sole who in a better world have simply enjoyed jazz albums and raised a family, crushed by a brutal system.