The Leader, His Driver, and the Driver's Wife(1991)

A Black Comedy About the White Right

The Leader, His Driver, and the Driver's Wife is a documentary following filmmaker Nick Broomfield as he attempts to secure an interview with Eugene Terre'Blanche, leader of South Africa's white supremacist AWB party. Through unprecedented access granted by the leader's driver, Broomfield captures the movement's inner workings: tense encounters with nervous party members, paramilitary training sessions, and finally the sought-after interview itself. The film explores the driver's conflicted relationship with the organization he serves, caught between loyalty and doubt. Broomfield's observational approach reveals the ideology and recruitment tactics of the extremist group during a pivotal moment in South African history, creating an unsettling portrait of radicalism and the individuals drawn to it.