John Legend to Play Harry Belafonte in Bill Condon’s Apartheid-Era Drama ‘The Road Home’

Jul 30, 2026 7:00am PT John Legend to Play Harry Belafonte in Bill Condon’s Apartheid-Era Drama ‘The Road Home’

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EGOT-winner John Legend is set to star in “The Road Home,” about South African jazz legends Hugh Masekela and Miriam “Mama Africa” Makeba, and their Apartheid-era Graceland tour with Paul Simon. Legend will portray American singer, actor and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte.

Principal photography on “The Road Home” — directed by Oscar winner Bill Condon and backed by Canal+, Studiocanal, Flora Films, as well as South African co-producer Blue Ice — is underway in South Africa.

John Legend to Play Harry Belafonte in Bill Condon’s Apartheid-Era Drama ‘The Road Home’

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