Master Harold...and the Boys is a 2010 drama film which is based on the original theatre play of the same name by Athol Fugard, directed by director Lonny Price.

Young Hally is obliged to laugh at his father's racist jokes and perform humiliating tasks like empty chamber pots.

[4] One day, Hally receives news that his real father, a violent alcoholic, is coming back home from a long stint in a hospital.

Master Harold and the Boys began filming in and around Cape Town, South Africa in mid-January, 2009 over a five-week period.

All the HOD's (Head of Department) are South African, including Director of Photography Lance Gewer from the Oscar-winning Tsotsi, editor Ronelle Loots, production designer Tom Gubb and Pierre Viennings (wardrobe).