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A World Apart is a 1988 anti-apartheid drama film directed by Chris Menges, and starring Barbara Hershey, David Suchet, Jeroen Krabbé, Paul Freeman, Tim Roth and Jodhi May. Written by Shawn Slovo, it is based on the lives of Slovo's parents, Ruth First and Joe Slovo.
A World Apart: Directed by Chris Menges. With Jodhi May, Jeroen Krabbé, Barbara Hershey, Nadine Chalmers. 1963. Thirteen year old Molly Roth, the eldest of three offspring of Gus and Diana Roth, lives a carefree life as part of the affluent white minority in South Africa.
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- 1988-06-17
A World Apart explores apartheid through the eyes of the young daughter of political activists in Johannesburg in 1963. This interview is the second in a three-part dialogue with screenwriter Shawn Slovo, director Chris Menges, and actor Linda Mvusi.
A World Apart ★★★½ 1988 (PG) Cinematographer Menges' first directoral effort is a blistering, insightful drama told from the point of view of a 13-year-old white girl living in South Africa , oblivious to apartheid until her crusading journalist mother is arrested under the 90-Day Detention Act, under which she might remain in prison ...
“A World Apart” is both political and personal – a view of a revolutionary as the middle-class mother of a normal 13-year-old girl. The girl’s name is Molly ( Jodhi May ), and the film opens with episodes from her typical childhood in an affluent white South African community.
Jul 21, 2016 · A World Apart explores Diana’s difficulties in reconciling the increasingly conflicting claims of political conscience and maternal obligation. Set in 1963, the story is told mainly from the point of view of the Roths’ eldest daughter, Molly (Jodhi May), in whom personal emotional response and a nascent political consciousness are ...
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Thirteen year old Molly Roth, the eldest of three offspring of Gus and Diana Roth, lives a carefree life as part of the affluent white minority in South Africa.
