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Come Back, Africa

Name: Come Back, Africa
Released: 1959

1959

Shot secretly under apartheid, this docudrama follows a Zulu man who leaves his village for Johannesburg and endures a grinding cycle of hardship and injustice in the city. A historic, clandestine landmark of South African cinema.

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Part of 8 Movies Set in or About South Africa

This film is stop 7 of 8 in the hand-ranked outside-view route set in or about South Africa. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

This outside view can stamp South Africa in the 196 country film challenge.