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Mar 22, 1991 · In 1923 British Colonial Nigeria, Mister Johnson is an oddity -- an educated black man who doesn't really fit in with the natives or the British. He works for the local British magistrate, and considers himself English, though he has never been to England.
In 1923 British Colonial Nigeria, Mister Johnson is an oddity -- an educated black man who doesn't really fit in with the natives or the British. He works for the local British magistrate, and considers himself English, though he has never been to England.
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- Bruce Beresford
Mister Johnson: Directed by Bruce Beresford. With Maynard Eziashi, Pierce Brosnan, Edward Woodward, Beatie Edney. In 1923, a local resident of British Colonial Nigeria tries to be equal with the colonial administration.
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- Bruce Beresford
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Mister Johnson is a 1990 American drama film based on the 1939 novel by Irish author Joyce Cary. The film, set in 1929, stars first-time [ 1 ] actor Maynard Eziashi as a Nigerian who works as a clerk for the British civil service and adopts the style of the British colonialists in the belief that he is a true Englishman.
Sep 24, 2015 · Like his Oscar-winning Driving Miss Daisy (1989), it examines some of the inequities of race relations through a growing friendship between two people of different cultures and status. As the first American film to be shot on location in Nigeria, Mister Johnson posed prodigious logistical problems.
Mister Johnson, based on the 1939 novel by Joyce Cary, is a graceful, heartfelt drama about the limits of idealism, affectingly acted and handsomely shot.
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Apr 19, 1991 · “Mister Johnson,” now directed by Bruce Beresford in his first film since “Driving Miss Daisy,” tells the story of an African civil servant, known to all as Mister Johnson, who works as a clerk in the office of the British district administrator.
