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    Zulu 2013 POSTER

    Zulu

    2013

    English

    6.7

    31

    60%

    60%

    Action

    africa

    apartheid

    Crime

    Drama

    murder investigation

    namibia

    police

    south africa

    Thriller

    Jérôme Salle Jérôme Salle Director Forest Whitaker Forest Whitaker as Ali Sokhela Orlando Bloom Orlando Bloom as Brian Epkeen Sven Ruygrok Sven Ruygrok as David Epkeen Danny Keogh Danny Keogh as Kruger
    As a child, Ali Neuman narrowly escaped being murdered by Inkhata, a militant political party at war with Nelson Mandela's African National Congress. Only he and his mother survived the carnage of those years. But as with many survivors, the psychological scars remain.
    In My Country 2004 POSTER

    In My Country

    2004

    English

    6.0

    7

    23%

    56%

    Action

    apartheid

    Drama

    journalism

    justice

    Romance

    John Boorman John Boorman Director Juliette Binoche Juliette Binoche as Anna Malan Langley Kirkwood Langley Kirkwood as Boetie Malan Brendan Gleeson Brendan Gleeson as Col. de Jager Samuel L. Jackson Samuel L. Jackson as Langston Whitfield
    An American reporter and an Afrikaans poet meet and fall in love while covering South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.
    The Bang Bang Club 2010 POSTER

    The Bang Bang Club

    2010

    English

    6.9

    17

    49%

    60%

    Action

    apartheid

    biography

    Biography

    combat photography

    Drama

    History

    photographer

    south africa

    Steven Silver Steven Silver Director Nick Boraine Nick Boraine as Colin Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela as Himself Taylor Kitsch Taylor Kitsch as Kevin Carter Malin Akerman Malin Akerman as Robin Comley
    In the early to mid '90s, when the South African system of apartheid was in its death throes, four photographers - Greg Marinovich, Kevin Carter, Ken Oosterbroek and João Silva - bonded by their friendship and a sense of purpose, worked together to chronicle the violence and upheaval leading up to the 1994 election of Nelson Mandela as president. Their work is risky and dangerous, potentially fatally so, as they thrust themselves into the middle of chaotic clashes between forces backed by the government (including Inkatha Zulu warriors) and those in support of Mandela's African National Congress.
    A Million Colours 2011 POSTER

    A Million Colours

    2011

    English

    6.8

    100%

    74%

    Action

    apartheid

    Drama

    south africa

    Peter Bishai Peter Bishai Director Matt Stern Matt Stern as Joubert Stelio Savante Stelio Savante as Major Shawn Dixon Jordan Shade Jordan Shade as Martin de Villiers Wandile Molebatsi Wandile Molebatsi as Muntu Ndebele
    A story of love and friendship set against the violence of Apartheid in South Africa. It is a story of the ups and downs of the lives of the three main characters, and how their lives intersect over the years.
    Moffie 2019 POSTER

    Moffie

    2019

    Afrikaans

    6.8

    19

    91%

    72%

    Action

    apartheid

    based on novel or book

    Drama

    forbidden love

    homophobia

    military service

    Romance

    south africa

    War

    Oliver Hermanus Oliver Hermanus Director Christiaan Schoombie Christiaan Schoombie as Dorman Jan Combrink Jan Combrink as Jan Gould Mark Elderkin Mark Elderkin as Medic Dijan Botha Dijan Botha as Soldier 3
    A young man in 1981 South Africa must complete his brutal and racist two years of compulsory military service while desperately maintaining the secrecy of his homosexuality.
    Red Dust 2004 POSTER

    Red Dust

    2004

    English

    6.7

    5

    73%

    73%

    Action

    apartheid

    Drama

    politics

    torture

    Tom Hooper Tom Hooper Director Chiwetel Ejiofor Chiwetel Ejiofor as Alex Mpondo Marius Weyers Marius Weyers as Ben Hoffman Hilary Swank Hilary Swank as Sarah Barcant Sylvaine Strike Sylvaine Strike as Woman at House
    Sarah Barcant, a lawyer in New York City who grew up in South Africa, returns to her childhood dwelling place to intercede for Alex Mpondo, a Black South African politician who was tortured during apartheid.
    Cry, the Beloved Country 1995 POSTER

    Cry, the Beloved Country

    1995

    English

    6.8

    5

    85%

    74%

    1940s

    Action

    apartheid

    based on novel or book

    Drama

    priest

    race relations

    south africa

    Thriller

    Darrell Roodt Darrell Roodt Director Ron Smerczak Ron Smerczak as Captain van Jaarsveld Jerry Mofokeng Jerry Mofokeng as Hlabeni Richard Harris Richard Harris as James Jarvis Lillian Dube Lillian Dube as Mrs. Lithebe
    A South-African preacher goes to search for his wayward son who has committed a crime in the big city.
    Sarafina! 1992 POSTER

    Sarafina!

    1992

    English

    6.3

    15

    60%

    86%

    Action

    africa

    apartheid

    based on play or musical

    Drama

    musical

    Musical

    south africa

    soweto

    Darrell Roodt Darrell Roodt Director Whoopi Goldberg Whoopi Goldberg as Mary Masembuko Greg Latter Greg Latter as Policeman Leleti Khumalo Leleti Khumalo as Sarafina John Kani John Kani as School Principal
    The plot centers on students involved in the Soweto Riots, in opposition to the implementation of Afrikaans as the language of instruction in schools. The stage version presents a school uprising similar to the Soweto uprising on June 16, 1976. A narrator introduces several characters among them the school girl activist Sarafina. Things get out of control when a policeman shoots several pupils in a classroom. Nevertheless, the musical ends with a cheerful farewell show of pupils leaving school, which takes most of act two. In the movie version Sarafina feels shame at her mother's (played by Miriam Makeba in the film) acceptance of her role as domestic servant in a white household in apartheid South Africa, and inspires her peers to rise up in protest, especially after her inspirational teacher, Mary Masombuka (played by Whoopi Goldberg in the film version) is imprisoned.
    Kanarie 2018 POSTER

    Kanarie

    2018

    Afrikaans

    7.5

    3

    Action

    apartheid

    choir

    Drama

    homophobia

    male homosexuality

    military service

    Musical

    south africa

    War

    Christiaan Olwagen Christiaan Olwagen Director Geon Nel Geon Nel as Corporal de Wet Laudo Liebenberg Laudo Liebenberg as Lourens Human Francois Jacobs Francois Jacobs as Tiaan Taljaard De Klerk Oelofse De Klerk Oelofse as Walter
    Kanarie (Afrikaans for 'Canary') is a coming-of-age musical war drama. Drafted into the South African army during apartheid, a young soldier joins the military's traveling choir, and romance on the battlefield causes him to deal with his long-repressed sexual identity through hardship, camaraderie, first love, and the liberating freedom of music, the true self can be discovered.
    Shepherds and Butchers 2016 POSTER

    Shepherds and Butchers

    2016

    English

    6.8

    7

    60%

    53%

    Action

    apartheid

    based on novel or book

    courtroom

    Crime

    death penalty

    Drama

    Mystery

    south africa

    Oliver Schmitz Oliver Schmitz Director De Klerk Oelofse De Klerk Oelofse as Eben Christiaan Coetzee Steve Coogan Steve Coogan as Johan Webber Andrea Riseborough Andrea Riseborough as Kathleen Marais Eduan van Jaarsveldt Eduan van Jaarsveldt as Pedrie Wierda
    A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.
    Catch a Fire 2006 POSTER

    Catch a Fire

    2006

    English

    6.7

    4

    75%

    71%

    Action

    anc (african national congress)

    apartheid

    Biography

    Drama

    History

    police brutality

    resistance

    right and justice

    south africa

    Phillip Noyce Phillip Noyce Director Brandon Auret Brandon Auret as Army Commandant Tim Robbins Tim Robbins as Col. Nic Vos Marius Weyers Marius Weyers as Police Brigadier Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela as Self
    The true story of anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, and particularly the life of Patrick Chamusso, a timid foreman at Secunda CTL, the largest synthetic fuel plant in the world. Patrick is wrongly accused, imprisoned and tortured for an attempt to bomb the plant, with the injustice transforming the apolitical worker into a radicalised insurgent, who then carries out his own successful sabotage mission.
    Escape from Pretoria 2020 POSTER

    Escape from Pretoria

    2020

    English

    177

    71%

    86%

    1970s

    Action

    anc (african national congress)

    apartheid

    based on a true story

    based on novel or book

    Biography

    Crime

    Mystery

    political activism

    Thriller

    Francis Annan Francis Annan Director Ian Hart Ian Hart as Denis Goldberg Mark Leonard Winter Mark Leonard Winter as Leonard Fontaine Daniel Webber Daniel Webber as Stephen Lee Daniel Radcliffe Daniel Radcliffe as Tim Jenkin
    South Africa, 1978. Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, two white political activists from the African National Congress imprisoned by the apartheid regime, put a plan in motion to escape from the infamous Pretoria Prison.
    Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom 2013 POSTER

    Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

    2013

    English

    7.1

    45

    61%

    68%

    Action

    apartheid

    biography

    Biography

    Drama

    historical figure

    History

    nelson mandela

    prison

    south africa

    Justin Chadwick Justin Chadwick Director Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela as Himself Idris Elba Idris Elba as Nelson Mandela Elizabeth Taylor Elizabeth Taylor as Self Naomie Harris Naomie Harris as Winnie Madikizela
    A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
    A World Apart 1988 POSTER

    A World Apart

    1988

    English

    7.0

    3

    91%

    80%

    apartheid

    communist party

    Drama

    exile

    johannesburg south africa

    johannesburg, south africa

    south africa

    Chris Menges Chris Menges Director Tim Roth Tim Roth as Harold Adrian Dunbar Adrian Dunbar as Le Roux Jodhi May Jodhi May as Molly Roth Rosalie Crutchley Rosalie Crutchley as Mrs. Harris
    A White enclave in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the 1960s. Molly Roth, 13 years old, is the daughter of leftist parents, and she must piece together what's happening around her when her father disappears one night, barely evading arrest, and, not long after, her mother is detained by the authorities. Some of Molly's White friends turn against her, and her family's friendships with Blacks take on new meaning. Relationships are fragile in the world of apartheid. How will she manage?
    Goodbye Bafana 2007 POSTER

    Goodbye Bafana

    2007

    English

    7.1

    2

    41%

    55%

    apartheid

    Biography

    Drama

    escape

    History

    jail guard

    nelson mandela

    prison cell

    south africa

    Bille August Bille August Director Diane Kruger Diane Kruger as Gloria Gregory Joseph Fiennes Joseph Fiennes as James Gregory Dennis Haysbert Dennis Haysbert as Nelson Mandela Eduan van Jaarsveldt Eduan van Jaarsveldt as Sgt Chris Brits
    The true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.
    Cold Case Hammarskjöld 2019 POSTER

    Cold Case Hammarskjöld

    2019

    English

    7.5

    1

    83%

    75%

    africa

    apartheid

    cinema on cinema

    conspiracy theory

    Documentary

    History

    secret organization

    south africa

    Mads Brügger Mads Brügger Director John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy as Self Mads Brügger Mads Brügger as Self Desmond Tutu Desmond Tutu as Self Dag Hammarskjöld Dag Hammarskjöld as Self
    Ndola, Northern Rhodesia (currently Zambia), September 18, 1961. Swedish economist and diplomat Dag Hammarskjöld, Secretary General of the UN, dies mysteriously in a plane crash. Decades later, Danish journalist and filmmaker Mads Brügger and Swedish researcher Göran Björkdahl investigate the case in search of definitive closure.
    Endgame 2009 POSTER

    Endgame

    2009

    English

    6.2

    2

    71%

    58%

    Action

    apartheid

    bomb

    Drama

    england

    History

    nelson mandela

    political negotiations

    south africa

    Pete Travis Pete Travis Director Matthew Marsh Matthew Marsh as F.W. de Klerk Timothy West Timothy West as P.W. Botha David Tennant David Tennant as Self - Host Langley Kirkwood Langley Kirkwood as Warrant Officer Jack Swart
    The time is the late '80s, a crucial period in the history of South Africa. President P.W. Botha is hanging on to power by a thread as the African National Congress (ANC) takes up arms against apartheid and the country tumbles toward insurrection. A British mining concern is convinced that their interests would be better served in a stable South Africa and they quietly dispatch Michael Young, their head of public affairs, to open an unofficial dialogue between the bitter rivals. Assembling a reluctant yet brilliant team to pave the way to reconciliation by confronting obstacles that initially seem insurmountable, Young places his trust in ANC leader Thabo Mbeki and Afrikaner philosophy professor Willie Esterhuyse. It is their empathy that will ultimately serve as the catalyst for change by proving more powerful than the terrorist bombs that threaten to disrupt the peaceful dialogue.
    Mrs Mandela 2010 POSTER

    Mrs Mandela

    2010

    English

    6.4

    Action

    activist

    apartheid

    Biography

    Drama

    nelson mandela

    racism

    south africa

    winnie madikizela-mandela

    Michael Samuels Michael Samuels Director Tongayi Chirisa Tongayi Chirisa as Arguing husband David Morrissey David Morrissey as Maj. Theunis Swanepoel Jakkie Groenewald Jakkie Groenewald as Prison Officer Gregory Sophie Okonedo Sophie Okonedo as Winnie Mandela
    How Winnie Mandela went from innocent country girl to a fighter against apartheid.
    Cry, the Beloved Country 1951 POSTER

    Cry, the Beloved Country

    1951

    English

    7.0

    7

    92%

    65%

    Action

    apartheid

    based on novel or book

    Drama

    johannesburg south africa

    minister

    pre-unix

    south africa

    Zoltan Korda Zoltan Korda Director Geoffrey Keen Geoffrey Keen as Father Vincent Joyce Carey Joyce Carey as Margaret Jarvis Michael Goodliffe Michael Goodliffe as Martens Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier as Reverend Msimangu
    In the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo journeys to the city to search for his missing son, only to find his people living in squalor and his son a criminal. Reverend Misimangu is a young South African clergyman who helps find his missing son-turned-thief and sister-turned-prostitute in the slums of Johannesburg.
    The Power of One 1992 POSTER

    The Power of One

    1992

    English

    7.1

    23

    35%

    87%

    Action

    africa

    apartheid

    based on novel or book

    bullying

    chicken

    Drama

    shower

    Sport

    John G. Avildsen John G. Avildsen Director Armin Mueller-Stahl Armin Mueller-Stahl as Doc Morgan Freeman Morgan Freeman as Geel Piet Tracy Brooks Swope Tracy Brooks Swope as Mother Daniel Craig Daniel Craig as Sgt. Botha
    PK, an English orphan terrorized for his family's political beliefs in Africa, turns to his only friend, a kindly world-wise prisoner, Geel Piet. Geel teaches him how to box with the motto “fight with your fists and lead with your heart”. As he grows to manhood, PK uses these words to take on the system and the injustices he sees around him - and finds that one person really can make a difference.
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