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Come Back, Africa

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Original title

Come Back, Africa (An African Story)

Year

1959

Running time

95 min.

Country

United States

Director

Lionel Rogosin

Screenwriter

Bloke Modisane, Lewis Nkosi, Lionel Rogosin

Cast

Music

Chatur Lal

Cinematography

Ernest Artaria, Emil Knebel (B&W)

Producer

Rogosin Films, Milestone Film & Video

Genre

Drama | Africa. Racism. Job/Employment. Social Drama

Synopsis

Come Back, Africa comprises a storyline acted out by black South Africans, from whose own experiences the film's events are drawn. Desperate to feed his household, Zachariah, a young Zulu, departs his famine-stricken kraal to work in the Johannesburg gold mines. He eventually settles in one of the squalid apartheid-era townships, only to find himself confronted with a barrage of South Africa's infamous pass laws restricting his every move. Zachariah learns that he cannot seek employment without a pass; paradoxically, he cannot obtain a pass without employment. Meanwhile, his family is consistently threatened with exile or imprisonment if they fail to comply with these draconian regulations.

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Come Back, Africa

1959

Lionel Rogosin

7.3

(73)