![]() Theophilus MsimanguĪlthough this is a South African film, the majority of the main characters in the movie are played by Westerners, specifically Americans. When Stephen And James meet, they eventually come to unexpected understandings about their sons and their own shared humanity. Simultaneously, the white man's father, James Jarvis (Richard Harris), supports apartheid. There he discovers that his son Absalom has been arrested for the murder of a white man. Set in South Africa in October 1946, before the official implementation of apartheid, this is the story of church minister Stephen Kumalo (James Earl Jones) who is requested from his village to Johannesburg. The film was made in 1995, shortly after the fall of apartheid and the free election of Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa. It stars James Earl Jones and Richard Harris. Cry, the Beloved Country is a 1995 South African-American drama film directed by Darrell Roodt, based on the novel Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton. ![]()
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