Cry, the Beloved Country

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Cry, the Beloved Country

1952,

1h 43m,

Drama

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Stephen Kumalo (Canada Lee) is a black preacher living in South Africa, circa 1946. When his son is accused of murdering a prominent white man, Kumalo goes to Johannesburg to offer his support. With the aid of a local clergyman (Sidney Poitier), he eventually meets James Jarvis (Charles Carson), the father of the murdered youth. Enemies at first, Kumalo and Jarvis gradually learn to respect one another, a symbol of the healing that would eventually destroy apartheid.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

Oct 9, 2023

5/5

Canada Lee is monumental as the minister and Sidney Poitier brings some fabulous strutting modernity to the role of his slick city sidekick.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Oct 5, 2023

5/5

It has a crusading preacher’s urgency and moral seriousness, appropriate for a story of priests.

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Variety Staff

Variety

Oct 23, 2015

A very moving film, full of simplicity and charm.

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Jack Hawkins

HeyUGuys

Oct 18, 2023

4/5

Canada Lee and Sidney Poitier embody race, class and creed in this dated but resonant apartheid drama

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Oct 9, 2023

4/5

‘…more relevant now than most well-meaning films of the time because it taps into the guilt and remorse felt by the white land-owners as well as the despair of the locals...has a profound meaning which hasn’t changed in 80 or so years…

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MFB Critics

Monthly Film Bulletin

Jan 29, 2018

The artlessness of the film is in itself sympathetic, but it fails simply through lack of imagination, lack of grasp. The result is something protracted, confused, and lacking in drama.

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Zoltan Korda

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Synopsis

Stephen Kumalo (Canada Lee) is a black preacher living in South Africa, circa 1946. When his son is accused of murdering a prominent white man, Kumalo goes to Johannesburg to offer his support. With the aid of a local clergyman (Sidney Poitier), he eventually meets James Jarvis (Charles Carson), the father of the murdered youth. Enemies at first, Kumalo and Jarvis gradually learn to respect one another, a symbol of the healing that would eventually destroy apartheid.

Director: Zoltan Korda
Screenwriter: Alan Paton
Production Co: London Film Production
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2017
Runtime: 1h 43m

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