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  1. 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.

  2. Jun 17, 1988 · 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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    • Drama
    • Chris Menges
    • 1988-06-17
  3. A World Apart is a 1988 film based on the childhood memories of Shawn Slovo, a daughter of South African activists. It depicts the impact of apartheid on a white family and their maid, and the dilemmas of a mother who is imprisoned for her political views.

  4. Molly Roth, 13 years old, is the daughter of leftist parents, and she must piece together what's happening around her when her father disappears one night, barely evading arrest, and, not long after, her mother is detained by the authorities.

  5. Molly (Jodhi May), a white teenage girl living in Johannesburg during the 1960s, finds her life turned upside down when her leftist parents become targets of the pro-apartheid South African ...

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    • Chris Menges
    • PG
    • Barbara Hershey
  6. Jun 17, 1988 · ''A World Apart'' is about one white woman, Diana Roth (Barbara Hershey), who, in working clandestinely to correct what she sees to be an intolerable political situation,...

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  8. A World Apart was a short-lived drama series that explored social issues such as racism, teen pregnancy, and cults. It starred Susan Sarandon, Susan Sullivan, and William Prince, among others.

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