it always nice to see angela bassett get to do a role that she can really sink her teeth into . she be at time intense and funny and even sexy in her role a lena and a colored woman force to make a home on a desolate mudbank just outside of cape town and south africa . danny glover be also good in a not entirely sympathetic role a her partner and boesman . willie jonah give a finely nuanced performance a the stranger that discover boesman and lena new live area . it not often that you get a chance to see an intelligent film deal with mature theme . although it be base on a play and the late director john berry ( who also direct claudine ) open the material up by have the film shot in the widescreen cinemascope format . he also keep thing visually interest through the creative blocking of actor and by show u thing only mention in the play . just like diahann carroll in claudine and john berry may have direct angela bassett into an academy award nomination . this be definitely a film worth search for .