JAMES JOURNEY
TO JERUSALEM
aka MASSA'OT JAMES BE'ERETZ HAKODESH

Year: 2003
UK: Maiden Voyage Pictures
Cast: Siyabonga Melongisi Shibe, Arieh Elias, Salim Dav, Sandra Schonwald, Hugh Masebenza, David Nabegamabo, Florence Bloch, Pascal I Newton, Ya'acov Ronen Morad, Gregory Tal, Yael Levental
Director: Ra'anan Alexandrowicz
Country: Israel
Languages: Hebrew / English / Zulu (English / French subtitles)
UK: 87 mins
UK Certificate: PG contains mild language, some racist
UK Release Date: 5 August 2005 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 22 July 2005 (Limited Release - London)


Synopsis

In the imaginary and isolated village of Entshongweni, young James is chosen to undertake a mission - a pilgrimage to holy Jerusalem.
But Israel is no longer the Holy Land that James and his people imagined. At the airport, James is arrested, jailed and awaiting deportation on suspicion of trying to infiltrate the country in order to work illegally.
While in jail and praying to God to let him complete his mission, a mysterious stranger posts bail for him. But James' freedom comes at an ominous price. The manpower agent who rescues illegal migrant workers does so in exchange for employing them in hard labor jobs.
From then on, James' journey to Jerusalem turns into an unpredictable one and he will have to think fast on his feet if he is to get through this.