Studiocanal & Canal+ Set Graceland Band Pic ‘The Road Home’ With Cynthia Erivo, Thabo Rametsi & Guy Pearce
Studiocanal has teamed with Flora Films on The Road Home starring Emmy, Grammy, Tony winner and three-time Academy Award nominee Cynthia Erivo (Wicked, Harriet), multi-award winning South African actor, writer, director and producer Thabo Rametsi (Silverton Siege), and Academy Award Nominee Guy Pearce (The Brutalist).
Oscar winner Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters, Dreamgirls, Kiss of the Spider Woman) 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 pulled between two worlds when the Anti-Apartheid Movement, led by his mentor fierce anti-apartheid advocate Archbishop Trevor Huddleston (Pearce), launches a boycott against Hugh’s friend Paul Simon, over his township music-inspired album “Graceland”, accusing Simon of violating the United Nations’ Cultural Boycott. Splitting from his mentor, Masekela, who sees music as a powerful weapon in the struggle, joins forces with fellow exile and lifelong collaborator, powerhouse vocalist Miriam ‘Mama Africa’ Makeba (Erivo), to create the Graceland band – a super group designed to bring South Africa’s voice to the world. The pic features the music of Masekela, Makeba, and Simon.
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