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Cynthia Erivo and Guy Pearce Cast in Powerful Musical Drama
The film follows Masekela’s exile and a boycott over Paul Simon’s Graceland, with Cynthia Erivo and Guy Pearce in the cast.
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Cynthia Erivo, Guy Pearce Board 'The Road Home' South Africa Music Movie
Studiocanal has teamed with Flora Films on The Road Home starring Cynthia Erivo (Wicked, Harriet), South African multiphyphenate Thabo Rametsi (Silverton Siege) and Guy Pearce (The Brutalist). Oscar winner Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters) will helm from an original screenplay by Michael Bronner (The Mauritanian, United 93), from a story by Michael Bronner and Zakes Mda. Exiled from his native South Africa, trumpeter Hugh Masekela (Rametsi) is…
Cynthia Erivo, Thabo Rametsi and Guy Pearce Board Musical Drama ‘The Road Home’ Ahead of Cannes
Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked,” “Harriet”), Thabo Rametsi (“Silverton Siege”) and Guy Pearce (“The Brutalist,” “Ink”) are set to star in “The Road Home,” a musical drama about South African jazz legends Miriam ‘Mama Africa’ Makeba and Hugh Masekela, and their Apartheid-era Graceland tour with Paul Simon. Award-winning South African star Rametsi will play the renowned trumpeter […]
STUDIOCANAL Announces 'The Road Home' To Be Filmed In Cape Town
Cape Town – STUDIOCANAL, the in-house studio of CANAL+ (www.STUDIOCANAL.com), in partnership with Flora Films, is proud to announce the production of feature film The Road Home. The film brings a uniquely South African story to a global audience, and is set against the backdrop of Paul Simon’s 1986 album Graceland. Principal photography starts in Cape Town in June. Following exile from his native South Africa, trumpeter Hugh Masekela (Rametsi) i…
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