This is an exceptionally good rendering of Alan Paton's timeless novel. Turning such a book into a film is always fraught with challenges, but this one succeeds admirably in capturing both the story and the almost biblical tone of Paton's writing. If the language of the novel moved you, this film will too. James Earl Jones seems at first to be an unlikely Stephen Kumalo, but, like Richard Harris as Jarvis, Snr, he both captures and enriches the character. These feel like real people. Watch this film bearing in mind that the novel was written in the 1940s, and much of it becomes truly prophetic - not least the suggestion that Aparteid's architects and enforcers would be consigned "to the sewers of history." Highly recommended.
Review of Cry, the Beloved Country
