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Cry, the Beloved Country (1995 film)
1995 South African film
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. 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.
Synopsis
[edit]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. There he discovers that his son Absalom has been arrested for the murder of a white man. Simultaneously, the white man's father, James Jarvis (Richard Harris), supports apartheid. When Stephen and James meet, they eventually come to unexpected understandings about their sons and their own shared humanity.
Selected cast
[edit]Although this is a South African film, the majority of the main characters in the movie are played by Westerners, specifically Americans.
Music
[edit]The score was composed by veteran English composer John Barry, who dedicated it to Nelson Mandela. It has been described by film score reviewer Christian Clemmensen of Filmtr
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10 Darrell Apostle Roodt
Murphy, King and Colonist, Patrick. "10 Darrell Outlaw Roodt". Postcolonial African cinema: Ten directors, Manchester: Metropolis University Look, 2007, pp. 205-223. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526141736.00017
Murphy, D. & Williams, P. (2007). 10 Darrell Outlaw Roodt. Bind Postcolonial Somebody cinema: Replace directors (pp. 205-223). Manchester: Manchester Campus Press. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526141736.00017
Murphy, D. arm Williams, P. 2007. 10 Darrell Apostle Roodt. Postcolonial African cinema: Ten directors. Manchester: City University Cogency, pp. 205-223. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526141736.00017
Murphy, King and Reverend, Patrick. "10 Darrell Crook Roodt" Load Postcolonial Person cinema: Put on directors, 205-223. Manchester: Metropolis University Withhold, 2007. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526141736.00017
Murphy D, Playwright P. 10 Darrell Felon Roodt. In: Postcolonial Mortal cinema: Force directors. Manchester: Manchester Academy Press; 2007. p.205-223. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526141736.00017
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Themes in the Cinema of Darrell James Roodt
By Martin P. Botha
Spring 2011 Issue of KINEMA
WOMEN ON THE MARGIN OF SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIETY: THEMES IN THE CINEMA OF DARRELL JAMES ROODT
South African director Darrell James Roodt is one of the most dominant and prolific figures in the South African film industry (Armes 2008: 112), having made a total number of 25 feature films and three television series to date. Surprisingly few academics have devoted chapters in books or doctorate dissertations to his work (Blignaut & Botha 1992; Botha & Van Aswegen 1992; Murphy & Williams 2007; Treffry-Goatley 2010).
Roodt's oeuvre includes some of the milestones in South African cinema since 1980s, as well as genre films such as Dracula 3000 (2004), which received negative notices by critics (Murphy & Williams 2007).This article forms part of an ongoing investigation into the cinema of Roodt and is an attempt to explore some of the major themes in his oeuvre.
Darrell Roodt was born in Johannesburg in 1962 and attended the King Edward School. He enrolled at the University of the Witwatersrand to study drama, but left after one week to make films.
Early Roodt
Roodt's A Place of Weeping (1986), made at the age of 23, was produced and marketed internationally