The Road to Mecca
The Road to Mecca
1991, English. Directed by Athol Fugard & Peter Goldsmid.
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.
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- Released
- 10 March 1991
- Country
- South Africa
- Written by
- Athol Fugard, Peter Goldsmid
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The Road to Mecca isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 10 March 1991. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Road to Mecca?
The Road to Mecca (1991) was directed by Athol Fugard and Peter Goldsmid and stars Kathy Bates, Yvonne Bryceland, Athol Fugard.