Description: Zachariah comes to Johannesburg, having been forced out of his KwaZulu village in southeast South Africa by famine. Without the proper papers, he takes the only work available for a man in his position – working in the gold mines near the city. Seeking better than a slave wage, he drifts through a succession of jobs – domestic servant, garage attendant, waiter, road gang laborer – tormented, insulted, and degraded by his employers who summarily dismiss him because of his ignorance or out of malice. (Milestone Films)