简介：TheLeader,HisDriverandtheDriver'sWifeisafeature-lengthdocumentaryfilmsetduringthefinaldaysoftheapartheidregimeinSouthAfrica,particularlycenteringonEugèneTerre'Blanche,founderandleaderofthefar-right,whitesupremacistpoliticalorganisationAWB.ThefilmwasmadebyNickBroomfieldandreleasedin1991.Itreceivedanaverageof2.3millionviewersduringit'sscreeningonChannel4.[1] Throughoutthefilm,BroomfieldattemptstosetupaninterviewwithTerre'Blanche,whostubbornlybreaksalloftheplanshemakeswithNick. ForthemajorityofthefilmwhereBroomfieldisunabletogetaninterviewwiththeLeaderhimself,hisattentionisdrawntothedriverandhiswife(JPandAnitaMeyer),hencethetitle(whichalludestothetitleofPeterGreenaway's1989filmTheCook,theThief,HisWife&HerLover). BroomfieldalsospenttimewithaTownCouncilloranddiamondmineownernamedJohannandhisfriendAnton.BroomfieldhadplannedtointerviewBoervolkleaderPietRudolphbutwhenontheoutskirtsofPretoriaanewsbroadcastinformedthemthathe'dbeenarrested,RudolphwasafugitivewantedinconnectionwiththetheftofsomearmsfromanSADefenceForcebaselocatedinPretoria.AfterhisarrestinPretoria,MrRudolphwasdubbedasthe'SouthAfricanBobbySands'inreferencetohisproclamationthathewouldgoonahungerstrikeinordertopromotehis(andtheAWB's)causeforawhitehomeland. WhenBroomfieldleftSouthAfricaafterthemakingofthefirstfilm,hereceivedadeaththreatfromJPMeyer,statingthatifBroomfieldreturnedtoSouthAfricahewouldbekilled.However,inthefollowupfilmHisBigWhiteSelf,onbeingaskedbyBroomfieldastowhetherhewasresponsibleforleavingthedeaththreatsherepliedinthenegative.ThedocumentarywasreleasedintheUKasaDVDboxset,togetherwithHisBigWhiteSelf,inApril2006.(fromwikipidia)…