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Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)

Cry, the Beloved Country poster
Directed by
Darrell Roodt
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
South Africa, United States
Runtime
1h 46m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 28 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An older black priest leaves his village for Johannesburg to find his son. A white farmer also searches for his son in the city. Their paths cross as they confront the racial divides of South Africa.

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What happens

Cry, the Beloved Country is a 1995 South African drama film directed by Darrell Roodt, based on the novel Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton. It stars James Earl Jones and Richard Harris. The film was made in 1995, shortly after the fall of apartheid and the free election of Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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