The Beloved Country [Documentary on the AWB and Eugene Terre'Blanche | English subtitles only]

The documentary film The Beloved Country by director Saskia Vredeveld takes us back to the early 1990's in South Africa. It is a provocative look from within at Afrikaner nationalists who, in 1991, clung to the belief that allowing blacks into government would be a regrettable mistake. With the demise of white rule, many of these Boers lived in fear. Some had banded into paramilitary groups, such as Eugène Terre'Blanche's Afrikaner Resistance Movement, which claimed wide support within the South African army and police. They were preparing for an armed showdown with the new government.

Eugène Ney Terre'Blanche was an Afrikaner nationalist who was the founder and leader of the AWB. Prior to founding the AWB, Terre'Blanche served as a South African Police officer, was a farmer, and was an unsuccessful Herstigte Nasionale Party (Reconstituted National Party) candidate for local office in the Transvaal. He was a major figure in the right-wing backlash against the collapse of apartheid. His beliefs and philosophy have continued to be influential among white supremacists in South Africa and around the world.