01 September 2019 Drama 149 mins
An African country teeters on the edge of civil war. A society prepares to drive out its colonial present and claim an independent future. Racial tensions boil over. Tshembe, returned home from England for his father’s funeral, finds himself in the eye of the storm.
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Sheila Atim as The Woman
Gary Beadle as Abioseh Matoseh
Sidney Cole as Peter
Elliot Cowan as Charlie Morris
James Fleet as Dr. Willy Dekoven
Clive Francis as Major George Rice
Tunji Kasim as Eric
Anna Madeley as Dr. Martha Gotterling
Roger Jean Nsengiyumva as Ngago
Siân Phillips as Madame Neilsen
Danny Sapani as Tshembe Matoseh
Fola Akintola as Boy
Xhanti Mbonzongwana as Boy
Tumo Reetsang as Boy
Nofenishala Mvotyo as Ensemble
Anna-Maria Nabirye as Ensemble
Imogen Knight Choreographer
Tim Lutkin Lighting Design
Kevin McCurdy Fight Choreographer
Yaël Farber Director
Adam Cork Music
Drew Lichtenberg Dramaturgy
Soutra Gilmour Set Designer
Lorraine Hansberry Writer
Adam Cork Sound
Soutra Gilmour Costume Design
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