Cry, the Beloved Country 1995  PG, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Darrell James Roodt
Cast: James Earl Jones, Richard Harris, Vusi Kunene, Leleti Khumalo, Charles S. Dutton, Eric Miyeni, Tsholofelo Wechoemang, Dolly Rathebe, Ramalao Makhene, Jack Robinson, John Whiteley, Jennifer Steyn
Apartheid in South Africa is the subject of this film based on Alan Paton's novel. Two fathers, Reverend Stephen Kumalo (James Earl Jones) and a racist landowner James Jarvis (Richard Harris), deal with tragedy and find some common ground.
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Dangerous Ground 1997  R, 92 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Darrell James Roodt
Cast: Ice Cube, Elizabeth Hurley, Ving Rhames, Eric Miyeni, Sechaba Morojele, Greg Latter, Thokozani Nkosi, Ron Smerczak, Wilson Dunster, Peter Kubheka
Filmed in South Africa, this is the story of Vusi (Ice Cube) who has returned home for his father's funeral. Culture shock greets him immediately and continues when he travels to Johannesburg in search of his missing brother who is involved in the world of crime and drugs. In the process, he learns that the end of apartheid has not improved the lives of all Black men.
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Father Hood 1993   PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Darrell James Roodt
Cast: Patrick Swayze, Halle Berry, Sabrina Lloyd, Brian Bonsall, Michael Ironside, Diane Ladd, Bob Gunton, Adrienne Barbeau, Georgann Johnson
Jack's (Patrick Swayze) children (Sabrina Lloyd and Brian Bonsall) have been treated poorly while in foster care, so the petty crook dad takes them from the home at gunpoint. Thus begins an odyssey that takes them across country. Not much here. 1 User Review
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Sarafina! 1992  PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Darrell James Roodt
Cast: Leleti Khumalo, Whoopi Goldberg, Miriam Makeba, John Kani, Dumisani Dlamini, Sipho Kunene, Tertius Meintjes, Mbongeni Ngema, Robert Whitehead, Somizi Mhlongo
Based on the oppression of South Africa's apartheid, this is the story of Sarafina (Leleti Khumalo) whose teacher (Whoopi Goldberg) shows her how to escape bigotry through music. Unusual rendition of the musical stage play.
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| 1. Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
2. Dangerous Ground (1997)
3. Father Hood (1993)
4. Sarafina! (1992)
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