Praise
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Portrays Praise, a young, black street boy with incredible raw intelligence, who is haunted by peer pressure and his own heritage. , The protagonist of this troubling story is a Black child who escorts his blind uncle each day to beg on Johannesberg streets. Recognizing what she feels is his inherent genius, a British woman adopts the young boy and sets out to have him educated according to the highest standards of white South African society. This allegory of white intervention in Black problems poses pressing questions on the realization of Black autonomy in a land of white domination.
Credits
- Directed by
- John Curran
- Written by
- Andrew McGahan
- Cast
- Sacha Horler, Peter Fenton, Loene Carmen, Joel Edgerton, Jason Clarke, Marta Dusseldorp
- Cinematography
- Dion Beebe
- Music
- Warren Ellis
Complete catalog record
Portrays Praise, a young, black street boy with incredible raw intelligence, who is haunted by peer pressure and his own heritage. , The protagonist of this troubling story is a Black child who escorts his blind uncle each day to beg on Johannesberg streets. Recognizing what she feels is his inherent genius, a British woman adopts the young boy and sets out to have him educated according to the highest standards of white South African society. This allegory of white intervention in Black problems poses pressing questions on the realization of Black autonomy in a land of white domination.
NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.
NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.
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Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, creator, length, format, color, sound, description, catalog record
- Wikidata · Q12126942 ↗ — year, country, genre, credits
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