Alan Paton

Movies

Cry, the Beloved Country
Novel
A South-African preacher goes to search for his wayward son who has committed a crime in the big city.
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
Self (archive footage)
A documentary overview and ideological critique of the South African film industry and cinema's historical relationship with apartheid.
Lost in the Stars
Novel
A black South African minister searches the unfamiliar back alleys and shantytowns of Johannesburg for his son.
Cry, the Beloved Country
Producer
In the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo journeys 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.
Cry, the Beloved Country
Novel
In the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo journeys 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.
Cry, the Beloved Country
Writer
In the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo journeys 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.