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Alan Paton
Writing
Known For
6.8
A South-African preacher goes to search for his wayward son who has committed a crime in the big city.
Cry, the Beloved Country
1995
6.5
A black South African minister searches the unfamiliar back alleys and shantytowns of Johannesburg for his son.
Lost in the Stars
1974
6.3
In the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo journeys to the city to search for his missing son, only to find his people living in squalor and his son a criminal. Reverend Misimangu is a young South African clergyman who helps find his missing son-turned-thief and sister-turned-prostitute in the slums of Johannesburg.
Cry, the Beloved Country
1951
8.0
A documentary overview and ideological critique of the South African film industry and cinema's historical relationship with apartheid.
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
1994