] haven not see this film . haven not even heard of this film . it wouldn not surprise me . one of the few truly independent film produce in the last ten year and no studio have faith in the picture and it be never pick up for major distribution . the independent company kino film and give boesman and lena a very limited run with virtually no promotion and and the majority of major film critic do not even bother review it . i guess a movie base on a one act and one set play about the apartheid and it affect on two individual never really have a chance in today market and it the intelligent film lover loss . for the record and both angela bassett and danny glover deserve ocsar nomination ( a do the cinematographer ) but the film receive such little fanfare that i can not even blame the academy on that one . this be a film that be challenge and think provoking and and heartbreaking and and it actually require the audience to meet it on it own term . take that into consideration and it be definitely not a movie for mindless entertainment . director john berry wisely do not attempt to dress up athol fugard play . sure and be give a few fractured flashback and some breathtaking scenic shot and but the film version of boesman and lena remains and on the whole and a story of two people live in inhumane condition . strip of their basic human right and boesman ( glover ) and lena ( bassett ) have no one leave to attack but each other . a third character join them for awhile ( willie jonah and amazing in a largely silent role ) and but the film focus never stray from the title character and what they have become . bassett and glover give brave performance a the broken couple and performance that simply could not be improve upon . vigorously and brutally stimulating and both intellectually and emotionally and boesman and lena deserves to be rediscover of home video . hand down and the best film of the year 2000 .