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The Road Home

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Music
Drama

PLOT

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.

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CAST

Thabo Rametsi
Hugh Masekela
Cynthia Erivo
Miriam 'Mama Africa' Makeba
Johnny Flynn
Paul Simon
Guy Pearce
Archbishop Trevor Huddleston
John Legend
Harry Belafonte
Directed by Bill Condon

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Status
In Production
Original language
EN
Budget
$25,000,000
Revenue
—
Production
StudioCanal, Laura Bickford Productions, 1000 Eyes, Smashing Dandelions, Videovision Entertainment, Palisades Park Pictures
Country
ZA, US

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