Promised Land
Promised Land is a 2002 South African film by Jason Xenopoulos
Not to be confused with two American eponymous films by Michael Hoffman (1988) and by Gus van Sant (2012), nor the Afrikaans short film, Beloofde Land ("Promised land") by Mia Cilliers in 2016.
The original novel
The script is based on Na die geliefde land, an award winning Afrikaans novel Karel Schoeman, translated into English as Promised Land by Marion V. Friedmann. It tells the story one man's journey to find truth... and one community's desperate struggle to hide from it.
The film
The film was written and directed by Jason Xenopoulos and produced by Khulisa Productions and Film Afrika, with producers Moonyeenn Lee, David Wicht, Jan du Plessis, Jeremy Nathan, and Vlokkie Gordon (billed as Vlokkie Kühne). Music was by Rene Veldsman, cinematography by Giulio Biccari and editing by Ronelle Loots. .
The cast consisted of Nick Boraine, Yvonne van den Bergh, Daniel Browde, Ian Roberts, Louis van Niekerk, Dan Robbertse, Grant Swanby, Wilma Stockenström, Lida Botha, Miems de Bruyn, Tobie Cronje, Julie Strijdom, Cobus Visser, Carlie van Niekerk, Rita Botha, Ryan Taylor
Also the voices of: Vusi Kunene, Susan Rossouw and Robert Hobbs.
