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Come Back, Africa (1959)
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3 July 1961 (Denmark) morePlot:
Documentary on the apartheid system of official racial separation in South Africa and how it affects South Africans, from ordinary citizens to international stars like singer Miriam Makeba. | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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95 minCountry:
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Johannesburg, Gauteng, South AfricaFun Stuff
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This film on apartheid in South Africa established Lionel Rogosin as master of cinema verite. The use of actual settings and non-professional actors in telling a story set a tone of reality far beyond any movies of the time. The images are still haunting five decades later.