The timing is the late'80s, a crucial stage in South Africa's history. President P.W. Botha is hanging on to power by a ribbon while the African National Congress (ANC) takes up arms against apartheid and the nation tumbles toward insurrection. There is A mining dilemma convinced that their interests are better served at an stable South Africa and so they dispatch their head of affairs, Michael Young to start an dialogue between the enemies. Assembling a averse yet superb team by confronting challenges that look insurmountable to pave the way, Youthful puts his trust in Afrikaner doctrine professor Willie Esterhuyse and ANC leader Thabo Mbeki. It's their empathy that will act by simply proving more powerful than the terrorist bombs that threaten to interrupt the dialogue.