Director Bruce Beresford lived in Africa in his earlier years. As a young filmmaker, Beresford made several short films in Africa.
The film was selected to screen in competition at the 41st International Berlin Film Festival in 1991. Maynard Eziashi won the Silver Bear award for Best Actor.
The movie is set in West Africa in 1923. Blurbs on some DVDs for this film state: "Africa 1923: A clash of cultures between British imperialists and a black man too smart for his own good."
Source Author Joyce Cary has said that "Mister Johnson" was his favorite of the books that he had written.
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