Product Details

• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Goldhill Home Media
• VHS Release Date: November 21, 2000
• Run Time: 174 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304771037
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #226,613 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Temba and Tulani, February 9, 2000

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Jen (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: African Journey [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I just had to say that my sister and I watched this movie about ten million times when we were young and we loved it every time. We watched it again recently and it was even better than we remembered. Temba and Tulani rock my world and Jason Blicker puts in a solid performance as Luke Novak, from Canada. This film explores the issues that Luke (Jason Blicker), a young canadian, experiences when he is sent to Africa for the summer to visit his dad. This film touches on themes such as divorce, collapsing mine shafts, poachers who strand Luke and Temba in a tree, fun with dirt bikes, and getting in trouble for having repeated crushes on Tulani. For all those A.J. fans out there, I have one thing to say, and one thing only: "You have to learn to shake, like an African."

5.0 out of 5 stars What A Journey!, October 5, 2010

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H. Gault - See all my reviews
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This review is from: African Journey [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I've got to tell you, I love everything about this 174 minute movie. I watched it years ago, and then I just purchased it from Amazon and watched it again. "African Journey" is every bit as entertaining as it was when I viewed it while in college.

Luke Novac (Jason Blicker), a hockey player, is a high school student in Ontario, Canada. His mom and dad are divorced. His dad is a mining engineer and receives a two-year assignment to a project in Zimbabwe, East Africa. He promises to send for his son once he is settled. Later, Luke arrives in Africa hoping to see his dad at the airport to greet him. But his dad is involved in a mining accident on the site, so Luke is instead met by Thembe (Pedzisai Sithole) and a supervisor from the mine. Instantly, due to circumstances arising from the travel to the mine, Luke is instantly thrown into the local African culture. His own culture soon clashes with that of his new-found friend and 'brother' Thembe; these clashes test the bonds of their friendship.

This motion picture is visually stunning, the music is mesmerizing, and all the characters are just wonderful. This seemed more like a documentary than a scripted film to me. The friendship that develops between Thembe and Luke is something very beautiful to watch. Luke and Tulani's (Thembe's sister) relationship is innocent and captivating at the same time. I wish it could have materialized more than what is shown on screen. Disease, danger, and death play parts in this saga, yet the film is humourous at times, insightful and extremely uplifting!

There are so many lessons to be taken after viewing this master work. Both young men had a lot to learn from one another. Just because you have does not necessarily mean you always get, and just because you have not doesn't mean you will always do without. When we look beyond color and class there is something deep inside that we can treasure from one another.

My favorite line: "I respect you, brother, but I must live my life."