Of course critics argue that this movie ALSO conveys mythmaking fabrications and, furthermore, that the theology is contradictory and troublesome. Yet this can be refreshing in that the movie just shows the way it was without resorting to exaggeration like, say, Oliver Stone’s “The Doors” (1991), which opted for sensationalist (eye-rolling) mythmaking and contains utter fabrications. Those other two films had the same issue.
Speaking of which, being based on an autobiography, the story lacks the compelling drive of the typical three-act script in preference for real-life mundaneness. The movie focuses on his humble beginnings, his eventual conversion to Christ and service thereof but, surprisingly, the faith element doesn’t even come to the fore until about the halfway point, which is when the film finally gets interesting.
#FAITH LIKE POTATOES 2006 TV#
I’ve never heard of Buchan, but he went on to become a fairly significant South African evangelist (with a TV show).
The documentary-like tone is similar to other African autobiographies like “I Dreamed of Africa” (2000) and “Nowhere in Africa” (2001), except with the added faith element. Buchan (Frank Rautenbach) and his family/employees (Jeanne Neilson and Hamilton Dlamini) face many challenges in their new home as Angus eventually feels led by faith to grow potatoes despite a severe drought. RELEASED IN 2006 and directed by Regardt van den Bergh, "Faith like Potatoes" is a drama based on the life of Angus Buchan in the late 70s who moved his family from the political unrest of Zambia to eastern South Africa to start a maize farm. Mundane South African biography about a struggling farmer who turns to God.
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