Screen veteran Embeth Davidtz (just seen in “Retribution,” in “Old” and a regular on “Ray Donovan”) moves behind the camera for this adaptation of an Alexandra Fuller novel. The South African Davidtz would seem to be an apt choice in remembering the racist, minority governments that ruled Southern Africa in a repressive colonialist manner in the allegedly post-colonial 1960s and ’70s.

Zikhona Bali plays an African servant, Levi Venter the white landowner’s curious child — “Are we African?” “Are we racist?” — and Davidtz takes on the part of the armed, obstinate mother hellbent on hanging onto land her ancesters “acquired” by nefarious means.

This premiered at Teluride, and if Sony Pictures Classics has a release date, I’m not seeing one. Straight to streaming?