简介：TheAmericanFilmTheatre'sLostintheStarstransformsAlanPaton'sworldfamousnovelofracialoppression,CrytheBelovedCountry,intoatragicandbeautifulfilmmusicalunlikeanyyou'veeverseen.GildedbyMaxwellAnderson'slucidlyricsandKurtWeill's(TheThreePennyOpera)powerfulmusic,andguidedbyDanielMann's(PlayingforTime)sensitivedirection,thisone-of-a-kindfilmisbothaheartbreakingindictmentofacruelsocietyandapoetictestamenttothemillionsofforgottenlivesgroundbeneaththeheelofapartheid. BrockPeters(ToKillaMockingbird)isStephenKumalo,ablackSouthAfricanministersearchingtheunfamiliarbackalleysandshantytownsofJohannesburgforhisson,Absalom.ButKumalo'sunwaveringfaithisputtothetestwhenhefindsAbsalominjailfacingacapitalmurdercharge.Courage,dignity,andsacrificefallpreytothewhirlwindofracisthypocrisyandhollowjusticeinAbsalom'strial.Absalom'sreunionandreconciliationwithherfather,hisjailhousemarriagetohispregnantsweetheartIrina(MelbaMoore),andhisheroicdeterminationtotellthetruthnomatterthecostsetthestageforatragicclimaxofbothepicproportionanddocumentaryimmediacy. Peters,whomWeilldeclared,"oneofthegreatvoicesofAmericantheatre,"deliversaflawlesslymovingperformance.Singingthetitlesong,"LostintheStars,"inanemptychurchtowhichhewillneverreturn,Kumalo'sagonyoffersspiritualrichnessinplaceofpovertyandhumangraceinplaceofprejudice,evenashisheartbecomesanothercasualtyofviciousethnichatred…