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The Road Home

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MusicDrama
Exiled from his native South Africa, South African jazz legend Hugh Masekela is pulled between two worlds. In the late 1980s, the Anti-Apartheid Movement, led by his mentor and fierce Anti-Apartheid advocate Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, launches a boycott against Hugh’s friend Paul Simon over his township music-inspired album “Graceland”, accusing Simon of violating the United Nations’ Cultural Boycott. Miriam ‘Mama Africa’ Makeba joins forces with Masekela — who sees music as a powerful weapon in the struggle — to create the Graceland band, a supergroup designed to bring South Africa’s voice to the world.

Director

Bill Condon

Screenplay

Michael Bronner

Story

Michael Bronner

Story

Zakes Mda

Co-Producer

Hilton Rosenthal

Producer

Laura Bickford

apartheid musical based on true story 1980s based on real person jazz music biographical drama "graceland"

Status

In Production

Countries

  • United States of America
  • South Africa

Companies

  • StudioCanal
  • Laura Bickford Productions
  • 1000 Eyes
  • Smashing Dandelions