Not Cricket:
The Basil D'Oliveira Conspiracy

A Film by PAUL YULE

One of the great betrayals of modern sport.

In 1968 Basil D'Oliveira, a brilliant 'Coloured' cricketer from South Africa who had made his home in the UK, found himself at the centre of a row that rocked the English political and sporting establishment. "The D'Oliveira Affair" was to lead directly to the sporting isolation of South Africa, and became crucial in bringing about the fall of the Apartheid system of white rule in South Africa.

Set against the backdrop of the tumultuous events of 1968, this major award-winning documentary tells Basil D'Oliveira’s story and his shameful treatment by the English establishment as D'Oliveira himself speaks out for the first time.

With explosive new evidence gained from the opening of the apartheid archives in South Africa, the film demonstrates the critical political role that sport played in bringing about the fall of Apartheid in South Africa.