Director Darrell Roodt continues his examinations of South Africa with the story of Meisie, a young girl and gifted mathematician who yearns to learn and only needs an opportunity to do so. Blindly obeying her father and staying at home to tend to the family and its goats, Meisie’s life is shaken up when a new teacher arrives in the village from Cape Town. Miss September discovers Meisie’s gift, and despite repeated objections and warnings from her father, teaches the girl all she can. Regardless of the obstacles, Meisie has a happy, hopeful ending that signals growth for the girl ? and the nation. In a film about potential, education, and combining the two for a better future, Roodt once again tells the story of the emerging South Africa through a simple story that any of us can sympathize with, and understand.