DCOMs, or Disney Channel Original Movies are generally feel-good wholesome teen movies, but I do tend to think of them being wrapped up in a teen bubble.
This movie is decidedly not in a bubble, even if it is wholesome and to an extent, feel good. It is also very obviously educational because characters would have to launch into expositions trying to explain the apartheid.
In trying to depict the situation in South Africa, the movie almost seemed to idealize America, but it would take stock of that now and again. But really, what stand out about the movie is watching the white daughter of a South African policeman coming to America as an exchange student and finding out that her host family is black and seeing how she reacts to it.
The most incredible part about this all is that this is actually based on a true story.
This movie is decidedly not in a bubble, even if it is wholesome and to an extent, feel good. It is also very obviously educational because characters would have to launch into expositions trying to explain the apartheid.
In trying to depict the situation in South Africa, the movie almost seemed to idealize America, but it would take stock of that now and again. But really, what stand out about the movie is watching the white daughter of a South African policeman coming to America as an exchange student and finding out that her host family is black and seeing how she reacts to it.
The most incredible part about this all is that this is actually based on a true story.