All the book-based movies and TV shows adapted by Bruce Beresford, ranked

A historical portrait of one family’s journey through American slavery and their will to survive and preserve their legacy in the face of unimaginable hardship. The series starts in 1760s, and follows the story of Kunta Kinte, a Mandinka warrior from Jufureh in The Gambia, in West Africa, who will be captured and sold to slavery in America.

In 1948, Daisy Werthan, or Miss Daisy, a 72-year-old wealthy, Jewish, widowed, retired schoolteacher, lives alone in Atlanta, Georgia, except for a black housekeeper, Idella. When Miss Daisy drives her 1946 Chrysler Windsor into her neighbor’s yard, her 40-year-old son Boolie buys her a 1949 Hudson Commodore and hires Hoke Colburn, a black chauffeur.

In Maoist China, a boy is separated from his family and undergoes training to become a dancer. However, his entire world is shaken when he is selected to attend a ballet summer school in Houston, Texas, challenging everything he knows.

Lisa is hired as a new assistant at Goode’s department store in Sydney during the 1959 Christmas season. he makes friends with Fay, who is initially wary of immigrants, Patty, who seeks more attention from her husband, and Magda, an immigrant from Slovenia who introduces her to her other European friends.

Morgan Leafy, stationed in Kinjanja, is an inefficient and somewhat corrupt diplomat with a taste for alcohol and women. His life takes an unexpected turn when he becomes entangled in a web of political and personal complications. The plot revolves around Morgan’s attempts to navigate local politics, corruption, and his relationships with various characters, including the wife of a powerful cabinet minister and an eccentric American woman.