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* PunchClockVillain: The white South African customs officer who Woods has got to sneak past with a forbidden book in his bag. He's nothing but civil to Woods, and also friendly with the Lesothoan postal worker (a black man) who brings the mail through, greeting him cheerfully. The guy suspects nothing so he lets Woods go.
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The film shows that some outside do care, and this isn't the "best case scenario".
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* CrapsackWorld: The film holds nothing back from showing just how awful life in Apartheid-era South Africa was for black citizens where a lifetime of crippling poverty, working as a servant for rich white people, dealing with regular harassment from police that could easily end in being brutally assaulted, wrongfully arrested or outright killed and knowing you have no hope of ever escaping the slums and that no one outside cares is the ''best'' case scenario.
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* CrapsackWorld: The film holds nothing back from showing just how awful life in Apartheid-era South Africa was for black citizens where a lifetime of citizens, with most living in crippling poverty, working as a servant the servants for rich white people, dealing with regular harassment from police that could easily end in being brutally assaulted, wrongfully arrested or outright killed and knowing you have no hope of ever escaping the slums and slums. Just surviving all that no one outside cares is the ''best'' case scenario.
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* CrapsackWorld: The film holds nothing back from showing just how awful life in Apartheid-era South Africa was for black citizens where a lifetime of crippling poverty, working as a servant for rich white people, dealing with harassment from police and knowing you have no hope of ever escaping the slums is the ''best'' case scenario.
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* CrapsackWorld: The film holds nothing back from showing just how awful life in Apartheid-era South Africa was for black citizens where a lifetime of crippling poverty, working as a servant for rich white people, dealing with regular harassment from police that could easily end in being brutally assaulted, wrongfully arrested or outright killed and knowing you have no hope of ever escaping the slums and that no one outside cares is the ''best'' case scenario.
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* AdultFear: Your attempt to search for the truth brings you hostile attention from your own government, [[spoiler:[[RevengeByProxy who go so far as to injure your children]] to dissuade you from your quest, then place you in house arrest and oblige you to flee the country]].
