Red Dust
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Red Dust is a South African anti-apartheid drama film produced by Anant Singh that explores truth, reconciliation, and past political crimes through a courtroom investigation.
All labels observed (1)
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| Red Dust canonical | 17 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Red Dust Context triple: [Anant Singh, notableWork, Red Dust]
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A.
Red Dust
Red Dust is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic drama film starring Clark Gable and Jean Harlow, set on a rubber plantation in French Indochina.
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B.
Red Dust
Red Dust is a film associated with director Tom Hooper, known as one of his earlier dramatic works before his rise to international prominence.
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Reap the Wild Wind
Reap the Wild Wind is a 1942 seafaring adventure film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, known for its maritime salvage drama set in the 1840s along the Florida coast.
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The Big Country
The Big Country is a 1958 American Western epic film, directed by William Wyler and starring Gregory Peck, known for its sweeping Cinemascope landscapes and exploration of pride, honor, and frontier justice.
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E.
Written on the Wind
Written on the Wind is a 1956 Technicolor melodrama directed by Douglas Sirk, renowned for its lush visual style and emotionally charged tale of a wealthy Texas oil family’s turmoil.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Red Dust Target entity description: Red Dust is a South African anti-apartheid drama film produced by Anant Singh that explores truth, reconciliation, and past political crimes through a courtroom investigation.
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A.
Red Dust
Red Dust is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic drama film starring Clark Gable and Jean Harlow, set on a rubber plantation in French Indochina.
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B.
Red Dust
Red Dust is a film associated with director Tom Hooper, known as one of his earlier dramatic works before his rise to international prominence.
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C.
Reap the Wild Wind
Reap the Wild Wind is a 1942 seafaring adventure film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, known for its maritime salvage drama set in the 1840s along the Florida coast.
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D.
The Big Country
The Big Country is a 1958 American Western epic film, directed by William Wyler and starring Gregory Peck, known for its sweeping Cinemascope landscapes and exploration of pride, honor, and frontier justice.
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E.
Written on the Wind
Written on the Wind is a 1956 Technicolor melodrama directed by Douglas Sirk, renowned for its lush visual style and emotionally charged tale of a wealthy Texas oil family’s turmoil.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anti-apartheid film
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film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Gillian Slovo ⓘ |
| basedOn |
novel "Red Dust"
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linked to:
Red Dust (novel)
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| castMember |
Chiwetel Ejiofor
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Hilary Swank ⓘ Ian Roberts ⓘ Jamie Bartlett ⓘ Marius Weyers ⓘ Nomhle Nkonyeni ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | South Africa ⓘ |
| depicts | Truth and Reconciliation Commission ⓘ |
| director | Tom Hooper ⓘ |
| distributor | Distant Horizon ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
forgiveness
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guilt ⓘ justice ⓘ memory of political violence ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | South Africa ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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political drama ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
apartheid
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political crimes ⓘ truth and reconciliation ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | courtroom investigation ⓘ |
| producer | Anant Singh ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 110 ⓘ |
| screenplayBy | Troy Kennedy Martin ⓘ |
| setting | South Africa ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Red Dust Description of subject: Red Dust is a South African anti-apartheid drama film produced by Anant Singh that explores truth, reconciliation, and past political crimes through a courtroom investigation.
Referenced by (17)
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