Cry, the Beloved Country (Ep. 164)

In Episode 164 of Adapt or Perish , Ari's back for a discussion of Cry, the Beloved Country , Alan Paton's poetic look at South Africa in the years before institutionalized apartheid. In this episode, we discuss: Alan Paton's original 1948 novel Cry, the Beloved Country , the 1951 theatrical movie directed by Zoltán Korda, written by Alan Paton and John Howard Lawson, and starring Canada Lee, Sidney Poitier, and Charles Carson Lost in the Stars , the 1949 musical with book and lyrics by Maxwell Anderson and music by Kurt Weill, and the 1974 movie directed by Daniel Mann, written by Alfred Hayes, and starring Brock Peters, Melba Moore, and Clifton Davis Cry, the Beloved Country , the 1995 theatrical movie directed by Darrell Roodt, written by Ronald Harwood and Joshua Sinclair, and starring James Earl Jones, Richard Harris, Vusi Kunene, and Charles S. Dutton Footnotes: "Voodoo Macbeth " and Native Son Bicycle Thieves (1948) Head to adaptorperishcast.com to see our episode archive, read some fun extras, and get in touch. To get the latest updates or support the show, check out our Patreon page .

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Cry, the Beloved Country (Ep. 164) is an episode from Adapt or Perish by Jeremy Latour.

This episode is 02:00:11 long.

This episode was published on Apr 29, 2025.

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