Come Back, Africa
1959 · 95 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 375 VOTES · DIR. Lionel Rogosin
Overview
Come Back, Africa chronicles the life of Zachariah, a black South African living under the rule of the harsh apartheid government in 1959.
Dialogue Timeline — 67 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:04:27 Where's my bunk?
00:04:37 - Hello. - Greetings. How are things with you?
00:04:49 There's famine, we have to leave our women and children.
00:05:02 That's not true - your contract says that when you finish here you've got to go back home.
00:05:17 And get a special pass from the Native Commissioner, which isn't easy.
00:05:26 Yes, but the pass is important for the whites.
00:09:09 I've got to get work in Johannesburg.
00:09:20 But what can you do about it?
00:09:26 He knows how to fix passes.
00:11:33 Why do you want to leave the mine?
00:11:44 There's different kinds of passes.
00:11:56 But can't you do something to help me?
00:17:15 I can't understand that woman, she's always yelling about something.
00:17:34 It's not a good idea to quit, just keep at it, do your work.
00:17:44 I'm working for a man.
00:41:05 Greetings, my nephew.
00:41:16 Vinah came yesterday, Saturday.
00:41:26 - Permit? - They'll arrest you without it.
00:41:38 What's the point of that?
00:41:47 Next door they're moving to Meadowlands.
01:15:37 Who's this man, Kaffir?
01:15:48 You got a permit to stay here?
01:16:42 It's terrible, the police raided my room. What are they going to do to him?
01:16:55 No, he'll do ten days at the most.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed67
Dialogue density0.7 lines / min
First line00:04:27
Final line01:16:55
Production Record
DirectorLionel Rogosin
LanguageEnglish
Budget$70,000
IMDb votes375