Lost in the Stars (1974)

Starring:

• Brock Peters
• Melba Moore 
• Raymond St. Jacques 
• Clifton Davis 
• Paula Kelly 
• Alan Weeks 
• Paulene Myers 
• Ji-Tu Cumbuka

Storyline
The film follows a Zulu preacher, Reverend Stephen Kumalo (Brock Peters), in his journey to Johannesburg to search for his long-missing son, Absalom (Clifton Davis). He discovers his son is a paroled felon living in a shantytown with his pregnant girlfriend (Melba Moore). Absolom becomes involved in a robbery plan that results in the death of a white anti-apartheid advocate. Absolom is jailed, tried and sentenced to death, leaving his father unable to continue his ministerial work.