The Grass Is Singing

“A marriage, a murder, a country without mercy”

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.

Novela

Doris Lessing

Director

Michael Raeburn

Screenplay

Michael Raeburn

Status

Released

Release date

30/08/1981

Original language

English