For years, it has been what is called a ?deteriorating situation'. Now all over South Africa the cities are battlegrounds. The members of the smallest family - liberal whites - are rescued from the terror by their servant, July, who leads them to refuge in his native village. What happens to the smallest and to July - The shifts in character and relationships - gives us an unforgettable look into the terrifying, tacit understandings and misunderstandings between Blacks and whites.