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Cry, the Beloved Country

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Starring (View all)
Canada Lee Canada Lee
Reverend Stephen Kumalo
Charles Carson Charles Carson
James Jarvis
Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier
Reverend Msimangu
Joyce Carey Joyce Carey
Margaret Jarvis
Geoffrey Keen Geoffrey Keen
Father Vincent
Edric Connor Edric Connor
John Kumalo
Bruce Meredith Smith Bruce Meredith Smith
Captain Jaarsveldt


Written by
Alan Paton Alan Paton
(novel)
John Howard Lawson John Howard Lawson
screenplay


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Cry, the Beloved Country

3 years, 11 months ago at Apr 19 21:07
Alan Paton adapted his own for the big screen and helped craft one of cinema’s first discussion about Apartheid in South Africa. Zoltan Korda creates a distinguished if heavily sentimental affair that has its heart in the right place. Movies about big, important social issues are often like this: well intentioned if awkward, stately and distant when trying to present as intelligent and rational ... read more
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Alan Paton’s classic anti-apartheid novel receives a moving adaptation courtesy of director-producer Zoltán Korda. Shot on location in South Africa, this firsthand look at a bitterly divided country follows rural minister Stephen Kumalo (icon and activist Canada Lee in his final film role) as he travels to Johannesburg in search of his estranged son and discovers the devastation that apartheid has wrought. In one of his first screen roles, Sidney Poitier costars as a clergyman who guides Kumalo on his journey through the city.
Release date: 26 April 1952
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Cry, the Beloved Country

“Alan Paton adapted his own for the big screen and helped craft one of cinema’s first discussion about Apartheid in South Africa. Zoltan Korda creates a distinguished if heavily sentimental affair that has its heart in the right place. Movies about big, important social issues are often like this: well intentioned if awkward, stately and distant when trying to present as intelligent and rational discussions of problems that wind up feeling sluggish and cool.   Cry, the Beloved Country tells the story of a black preacher (Canada Lee) who discovers that his son has killed the white son of a landowner (Charles Carson). The problems of racial inequality and economic disparity, which are often intertwined to the point of being blurred together, are highlighted while the two races form a har” read more

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