Country:South Africa, United Kingdom

Director:Zoltan Korda

Program:The Lineage of Parallel Cinema

Summary:

Alan Paton provided a screenplay from his own classic novel concerning minister Stephen Kumalo’s journey to the city to search for his missing son, only to find his people living in squalor and his son a criminal. Reverend Misimangu is a young South African clergyman who helps find his missing son-turned-thief and sister-turned-prostitute in the slums of Johannesburg.