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The film's plot focuses on an African teenager named James (Siyabonga Melongisi Shibe), who goes on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land on behalf of his village. Upon arriving in Israel, James is suspected to be an illegal foreign worker and, as a result, is arrested.
May 19, 2003 · Young James (Siyabonga Melongisi Shibe), who grew up in a village sheltered from the outside world, embarks on a journey to the Holy Land, but almost immediately finds himself jailed at an...
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- Siyabonga Melongisi Shibe
- Ra'anan Alexandrowicz
- Drama
Mar 4, 2004 · In a startlingly upbeat fiction feature debut, Ra’anan Alexandrowicz presents a contemporary odyssey through the seamy underbelly of Israeli society in “James’ Journey to Jerusalem.”
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In the imaginary village of Entshongweni, very far from western civilization, the young James is chosen to undertake a mission--a pilgrimage to holy Jerusalem. But Israel is no longer the Holy Land that James and his people imagined.
- Ra'anan Alexandrowicz
- Siyabonga Melongisi Shibe
In the allegorical "James' Journey to Jerusalem," a deeply religious young man, filled with idealism and hope, leaves his village in Africa to embark on a pilgrimage to the Holy City. There he hopes to glean some spiritual inspiration before returning home to start life as a pastor.
Jun 20, 2022 · Meet James, the Pilgrim. James (Siyabonga Melongisi Shibe), the protagonist of James’ Journey to Jerusalem, is the son of a Zulu preacher and the next in line to become a pastor, sent...
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This wonderful first feature by Ra’anan Alexandrowicz hinges on Jesus’s adage that “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of...
