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| − | == The film ==
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| − | The alternative title of the film ''[[African Jim]]'' by Eric Rutherford (producer) and Donald Swanson Director) (1949).
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| − | The name of this 1950 film came to be used as a (slightly denigrating) reference to a recurring theme in South African novels, plays and films dealing with the black experience. It derives from the 1950 film of that name , but has its most compelling example the canonical novel ''[[Cry, the Beloved Country]]'' by [[Alan Paton]] (which itself has seen three film versions made, plus a number of dramatized versions, over much of the 20th century). In brief it follows the experiences (usually negative) of a rural character who comes to the city, and often deals with the tension between rural and urban life, customs and mores. In theatre it is a constant recurring theme, from the early works of [[H.I.E. Dhlomo]] and others, to the musicals of the sixties and even the protest theatre of the 1970’s and 1980’s. It is of course a specific example of the more general theme of urbanization, which is equally prominent in white South African writing, and especially [[Afrikaans]] writing. (See for example the famous novels about a character named ''[[Ampie]]'' by [[Jochem van Bruggen]], which were also dramatized.)
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