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Come Back, Africa

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

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