The Road to Mecca

The Road to Mecca

March 10, 1991

An eldery lady, living in (litterally) the middle if nowhere, and fed up with small minded apartheid ideology starts escaping into her own world of sculpting in her own back yard and along with her (coloured) assistant Malgas, creates a world of wonder in the desert. A true story by playwrite Athol Fugard with great performances all round.

The Road to Mecca

March 10, 1991

The Road to Mecca
An eldery lady, living in (litterally) the middle if nowhere, and fed up with small minded apartheid ideology starts escaping into her own world of sculpting in her own back yard and along with her (coloured) assistant Malgas, creates a world of wonder in the desert. A true story by playwrite Athol Fugard with great performances all round.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Distant Horizon
Original title The Road to Mecca
Directors Peter Goldsmid, Athol Fugard
Writers Peter Goldsmid, Athol Fugard

Cast

Kathy Bates

as Elsa Barlow

Yvonne Bryceland

as Miss Helen

Athol Fugard

as Rev. Marius Byleveld