The Grass Is Singing (1981)
Overview : In Southern Rhodesia in the 1940s, city-dweller Mary marries farmer Dick Turner and is plucked from the comforts of her cosmopolitan life and forced to live on his unsuccessful farm. Mary slowly goes insane and has a sexual affair with her black servant, Moses. When the affair is discovered, Mary asks Moses to leave the farm, but he returns and murders her.
Release Date : August 30, 1981
Runtime : 105m
Genre : Drama
Companies : Chibote Limited, Mark Forstater Productions, Svenska Filminstitutet
Countries : Sweden, United Kingdom, Zambia
Keywords : marriage crisis, africa, rural area, colonialism, rhodesia