God and the Man is a 1918 British silent drama film directed by Edwin J. Collins and starring Langhorn Burton, Joyce Carey and Bert Wynne. It was adapted from a novel by Robert Buchanan.
, 1h43 Directed byZoltan Korda OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama ThemesFilms set in Africa, Films about racism ActorsCanada Lee, Sidney Poitier, Charles Carson, Geoffrey Keen, Joyce Carey, Michael Goodliffe Rating68% In the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo (Canada Lee) journeys to the city to search for his missing son Absolom, only to find his people living in squalor and Absolom a criminal after committing murder. Kumalo's friend and fellow minister, Reverend Misimangu (Sidney Poitier) is a young South African clergyman who helps find Kumalo's sons and sister-turned-prostitute in the slums of Johannesburg. Both work together to confront the harsh reality of apartheid and what it is doing to both white and black South Africans.