A South-African preacher goes to search for his wayward son who has committed a crime in the big city.
In the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo journeys to the city to search for his missing son, only to find his people living in squalor and his son a criminal. Reverend Misimangu is a young South African clergyman who helps find his missing son-turned-thief and sister-turned-prostitute in the slums of Johannesburg.
A black South African minister searches the unfamiliar back alleys and shantytowns of Johannesburg for his son.
