Cry the Beloved Country
Starring James Earl Jones and Richard Harris
1995
This is a story set to a backdrop of politics and nature - and nature wins out in the telling. Harris and Jones are a couple of older gentleman living in the beautiful Natal province of South Africa in the 1940's - Jones roots his preaching and spirituality in the land, Harris his farmer businessman ways.
Both have young sons that have gone to the big City to live the modern life, Jone's son one of rebellion, Harris's one of reform. Both men meet in the City over a tragedy, but it is back in Natal where the future is made.
