The Grass Is Singing 1981
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.
- Released: 1981-08-30
- Runtime: 105 minutes
- Genre: Drama
- Stars: John Thaw, John Kani, Patrick Mynhardt, John Moulder-Brown, Margaret Heale, Björn Gedda, Vincent Mijoni, Ivy Miyanda, Reg Cornish, Gailos Shiyamba, Kennedy Mungomba, Martyn Hitchins, Wesley Kaonga, Jesse Martin, Karen Black, Jan Nygren
- Director: Michael Raeburn