Faith Like Potatoes (2006) on Netflix
Angus Buchan, a farmer in Zambia, moves his family south to KwaZulu-Natal as political unrest and land reforms take hold. With a trailer and foreman Simeon Bhengu, they struggle to settle.
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Unrest and land reforms in Zambia push Angus Buchan, a farmer of Scottish descent, to leave his farm and take his family south. He wants a better life for them, and KwaZulu-Natal is where they make their new home, arriving with a trailer in the bush. Simeon Bhengu, a Zulu foreman, works the land alongside them. A maize and cattle farmer, Angus has to build a new farm in a new homeland, and the family struggles to settle as challenges and hardships mount. Personal turmoil follows, and Angus darkens into anger and fear. His wife, who has watched the change in him, urges him to come with her to a local church.
