In His Big White Self, Broomfield explores conditions after his return to Ventersdorp in the former Transvaal (now North West Province). He meets with JP, a former driver of Eugene Terre'Blanche, head of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (Afrikaner Resistance Movement), and his wife Anita to see how their lives have changed since the fall of apartheid in 1994.
Broomfield investigates the effects of apartheid's demise on individuals like JP and his family in Ventersdorp after 1994. He seeks to understand their experiences and transformations.