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Faith Like Potatoes
πΏπ¦ South Africa The 1970s The 1980sFrank Rautenbach leads a strong cast as Angus Buchan, a Zambian farmer of Scottish heritage, who leaves his farm in the midst of political unrest and racially charged land reclaims and travels south with his family to start a better life in KwaZulu Natal,South Africa.
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We Are Together
πΏπ¦ South AfricaTells the moving and inspiring story of 12 year old Slindile and her remarkable friends at the Agape orphanage in South Africa.
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Bushman's Secret
πΏπ¦ South Africa π§πΌ BotswanaSouth African filmmaker Rehad Desai details the lose-lose situation facing the San Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert in this eye-opening documentary.
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Tsotsi
πΏπ¦ South AfricaIn this world... Redemption comes just once. β The South African multi-award winning film about a young South African boy from the ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster. Tsotsi, who left home as a child to get away from helpless parents, finds a baby in the back seat of a car that he has just stolen. He decides that it his responsibility to take care of the baby and in the process learns that maybe the gangster life isnβt the best way.
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Wah-Wah
πΈπΏ Eswatini The 1960sEvery family has its own language β Set at the end of the 1960s, as Swaziland is about to receive independence from United Kingdom, the film follows the young Ralph Compton, at 12, through his parents' traumatic separation, till he's 14.
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Duma
πΏπ¦ South AfricaSome friendships are wilder than others β An orphaned cheetah becomes the best friend and pet of a young boy living in South Africa.
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Alive in Joburg
πΏπ¦ South Africa The 1990sA documentary-style short film about the arrival of an alien spaceship over Johannesburg, South Africa.
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U-Carmen
πΏπ¦ South Africa The 2000sU-CARMEN is a feature film based on Georges Bizet's 19th-century opera that was filmed on location in a modern South African township setting. The energy, compassion, and heat of township life in all its elements create a constantly visually interesting and dynamic background for the unfolding of the story, which owes part of its huge popularity to the thrilling combination of a violent gangster tale with a passionate, almost supernatural love story. As it unfolds, it explores issues of fame and wealth, the position of a strong and independently minded woman in a very masculine society and, perhaps most importantly, the incomprehensible attraction between abuser and victim. Bizet's opera, based on Prosper MerimΓ©e's novel, premiered in Paris on March 3, 1875. Set in a poor area of Seville, the story of the magnetic woman who seduces, loves, and ultimately destroys her lover and herself...
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Conversations on a Sunday Afternoon
πΏπ¦ South AfricaA man tries to find a woman among refugees.
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Yesterday
πΏπ¦ South AfricaAfter falling ill, Yesterday learns that she is HIV positive. With her husband in denial and young daughter to tend to, Yesterday's one goal is to live long enough to see her child go to school.
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Red Dust
πΏπ¦ South AfricaNothing is more dangerous than the truth. β 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.
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In My Country
πΏπ¦ South Africa The 1990sA South African Story of Truth, Love and Reconcilliation β An American reporter and an Afrikaans poet meet and fall in love while covering South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.
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Stander
πΏπ¦ South AfricaGood cop. Great criminal. β The life and career of Andre Stander, a South African police officer turned bank robber.
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One by One
πΏπ¦ South AfricaIn a place in Africa we follow a group of children preparing their kites for an adventure of their life. The short was intended to be one of the segments for the proposed but never completed Fantasia 2006.
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Drum
πΏπ¦ South Africa The 1950sThe truth shall set you free β A hot-shot journalist is swept up in a movement to challenge Apartheid in 1950s South Africa.
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Cape of Good Hope
πΏπ¦ South Africa The 2000sMark Bamford's thought-provoking comedy explores the ever-present friction between class, race and faith in modern-day South Africa, tracing the intersection of multiple lives. A Drama revolving around 3 women's lives and how they are intertwined.
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Forgiveness
πΏπ¦ South AfricaA disgraced ex-cop's arrival in a small town triggers a cathartic journey of forgiveness and revenge for himself and the family of the activist he killed.
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The Bone Snatcher
π³π¦ NamibiaAfter miners disappear in the Namib Desert, some scientists find their remains and the demonic creature that killed them.
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Proteus
πΏπ¦ South Africa The 18th CenturyAn exquisite period piece that skillfully explores the intersections of sex, race and politics takes place in 18th century South Africa, telling the passionate (true) story of two men caught in an unjust system rife with racism, homophobia and cruelty.
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Sophiatown
πΏπ¦ South Africa The 1950sLittle Bird's first South African production, SOPHIATOWN has won the award for Best Documentary at the Cape Town World Cinema Festival 2003. SOPHIATOWN celebrates the great popular jazz music of the 1950's in South Africa; a rich tradition deserving international attention. Director Pascale Lamche, traces the music, uncovers the artists who created it and the unique culture in which it thrived, concentrated in Sophiatown, Johannesburg's own Harlem, which fuelled by liberation politics until its destruction by the Apartheid regime. The film features Nelson Mandela and such household names from the jazz world as Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba, Abdullah Ibrahim, Jonas Gwangwa and Caiphus Semenya.
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Company
πΏπ¦ South AfricaA Law & Order Enterprise β Mallik is a henchman of Aslam Bhai, a Mumbai underworld kingpin. He inducts local hothead Chandu into the gang, and the two of them soon form a formidable faction within the gang, eventually displacing Aslam. As the empire grows, however, the two of them start drifting apart.
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Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
πΏπ¦ South AfricaThe struggle to eradicate apartheid in South Africa has been chronicled over time, but no one has addressed the vital role music plays in this challenge. This documentary by Lee Hirsch recounts a fascinating and little-known part of South Africa's political history through archival footage, interviews and, of course, several mesmerizing musical performances.
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The Long Run
πΏπ¦ South AfricaA failed track coach finally finds someone who he believes has what it takes to win. The Comrades Marathon is a 90-k race in South Africa. An aging running coach, Barry, wants to field a winner; he's working with four men from a factory, but when he's fired to make way for a smooth, corporate type, he's at loose ends. Then he sees Christine, a Namibian immigrant who runs to forget her troubles. He offers to coach her and soon she's living at his house, following his diet and training regimen. But his single-mindedness gets to her: she wants a job and a place of her own. Plus, the man who replaced Barry likes her and wants her away from Barry. Can runner and coach (woman and man, African and European) sort out their complex relationship before the race? Written by
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Final Solution
πΏπ¦ South AfricaHate was the problem, forgiveness was the answer β The indoctrination of Gerrit Wolfaardt is complete: his family traditions, history, culture- even his church-have taught him that black South Africans are a cancer in the land. Under the eye of prominent members of the government and military, Gerrit develops a diabolical plan to rid South Africa of its "black danger." Before his plans can be carried out, he meets two people who will put him on a collision course with his future: Celeste, an open-minded University student, and Peter Lekota, a pastor who challenges Gerrit's prejudice. His "final solution" meets its greatest obstacle when Gerrit realizes he is wrong. The Persecutor becomes the Peacemaker and begins to seek reconciliation between whites and blacks. However, in the turbulent last days of apartheid, there are those who doubt his transformation. One such person is Moses Moremi, whom Gerrit had once violently attacked. In the end, it is Moses who must choose between peace and bloodshed.
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Africano
πΏπ¦ South AfricaThe story of Badr, a young veterinarian, and his brother in law βEssaam, their desire for success and the seeming good fortune they encounter. Their life turned upside down when they get news that they have inherited a Zoo from Badr's uncle in South Africa. Badr and βEssaam fly to South Africa where they meet Gameela, Badr's niece, they find that the zoo is facing many problems. Badr, βEssaam, and Gameela face such challenges as vicious lion attacks, greedy bankers, treacherous relatives, with the help of Shaaker the father's lawyer and Adam, the loyal family employee.
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The King Is Alive
π³π¦ NamibiaAs the sand shifts... madness nears. β Stranded in the heat of a barren African desert, eleven bus-passengers shelter in the remnants of an abandoned town. As rescue grows more remote by the day and anxiety deepens, an idea emerges: why not stage a play. However the choice of King Lear only manages to plunge this disparate group of travelers into turmoil as they struggle to overcome both nature's wrath and their own morality.
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Merlin: The Return
πΏπ¦ South Africa The Middle Ages"Merlin: The Return" is the story of the battle between good and evil. The dark forces of Mordred are pitted against the mythical sorcery of Merlin. Mordred and his mother Morgana have been imprisoned in another world for the past 1500 years while Merlin's magical powers kept them at bay. However, in the present, a scientist accidentally finds the gateway to the other world and is about to release Mordred into 20th Century life. Arthur is reawakened from his slumber and together with Merlin, tries to find a way to stop Mordred from re-entering this world
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The Color of Friendship
πΏπ¦ South Africa The 1970sMahree Bok lives on a farm in South Africa. Her father is a policeman who cannot hide his joy when activist Steve Biko is caught by the South African authorities. Piper Dellums is the daughter of a US congressman from California and who lives in a nice home in Washington DC. When Mahree is chosen to spend a semester at the Dellums' house, she doesn't expect that her host family would be black. Nor do her hosts suspect that she is not a black South African.
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Long Night's Journey Into Day
πΏπ¦ South AfricaLooking into a dark past for a bright future. β This documentary tells four stories of Apartheid in South Africa, as seen through the eyes of the Truth and Reconciliation commission
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Shark Attack
πΏπ¦ South AfricaThe worlds deadliest predator just got angry... β When an accidental death verdict is given on discovery of the remains of a top scientist, within the stomach of a hammerhead shark his closest friend Marine Biologist Steven McRay is not happy with the explanation and travels to investigate further, where he discovers that his friend's death was not an isolated incident, and that the local population have been terrorised by a rash of shark attacks.Developments in scientific technology had allowed experts to predict the pattern and likelihood of Shark Attacks, but now it seems that they may also be able to actually control these factors, rendering at their disposal the ultimate Killing machine.Enjoy the water... you may never want to go in the sea again!
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Running Free
π³π¦ Namibia The 1920s The 1910sHis Spirit could never be Broken β The tale of the extraordinary life and times of Lucky, a horse that was born in captivity but achieves his dream of running free with the help of a stableboy.
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A Reasonable Man
πΏπ¦ South AfricaWhere do you draw the line? β With issues of his own, an ex-army officer-turned-lawyer defends an impoverished young cowherd of killing a baby.
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Who Am I?
πΏπ¦ South AfricaFight now. Ask questions later. β A group of covert CIA operatives trailing a potential new energy source are double-crossed by corrupt agent Morgan, who causes a helicopter crash in remote South Africa. The sole survivor, suffering severe amnesia, is nursed to recovery by a kindly native tribe who call him "Whoami" after the question he keeps asking. With the help of a mysterious reporter Christine, Whoami pieces together his past and tracks the turncoat agent and his criminal cohorts.
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Dangerous Ground
πΏπ¦ South Africa The 1980s The 1990sWhat he wants is revenge. What he gets is the fight of his life. β Vusi Madlazi returns to the South African village he left as a young boy to bury his father. He meets up with his brother Ernest, who tells him their other brother Stephen couldn't be contacted. Vusi goes to Johannesburg to find him, but at first can only find his neighbor/girlfriend, Karin, a stripper. Vusi proceeds to learn how conditions have changed since the end of apartheid, not always for the better for black men.
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Operation Delta Force
πΏπ¦ South Africa The 1990sNegotiations Are Over! β A team of military experts and scientists go after a terrorist group that has seized a deadly virus and is threatening to release it.
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Mandela and de Klerk
πΏπ¦ South AfricaSidney Poitier and Michael Caine both received Emmy nominations for their performances in this made-for-TV movie. The plot follows Nelson Mandela's 27-year struggle to end apartheid.
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Ebola Syndrome
πΏπ¦ South AfricaA restaurant employee wanted for murder contracts Ebola by raping a woman in South Africa and starts an outbreak there and in Hong Kong when he returns home.
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Aristotle's Plot
πΏπ¦ South AfricaA meta-discourse on cinema, tackling the state and direction of cinema in the continent, the dominance of non-African works on African screens, and the clear absence of African films on the silver screens.
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Cry, the Beloved Country
πΏπ¦ South Africa The 1940sA South-African preacher goes to search for his wayward son who has committed a crime in the big city.
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Kickboxer 5: The Redemption
πΏπ¦ South AfricaPayback can be deadly. β Kickboxing champion Matt Reeves witnesses the murder of his friend Johnny. While investigating the crime, he learns that a Mr. Negaal in South Africa has founded a new kickboxing association and does not leave international champions much of a chance. Johnny had to pay with his life when he did not want to join. Neegal seems to kill everybody who is in his way especially David Sloan from the previous Kickboxer films. Matt is on his own now, but suddenly finds an unexpected ally.
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Time
πΏπ¦ South AfricaBeginning in South Africa under the apartheid regime, the film follows a young girl who flees the country after a violent confrontation with a local white landowner in which her father is killed. She settles in Abidjan, where, ten years later, she has become a university student. As part of her studies, she visits the Taureg tribe on the edge of the Sahara before at last returning to post-Apartheid South Africa.
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Death of Apartheid
πΏπ¦ South AfricaThe secret history of the negotiations that led to Mandela's release from prison, the ANC becoming the government of South Africa, and the end of apartheid.
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Yankee Zulu
πΏπ¦ South AfricaIf the gods were crazy... now they're berserk. β Two South African boys, one white, Rhino, and one black, Zulu, go their separate ways after an incident. Many years later, they meet up again as adults, when one, after living for years in the United States, is now a wanted criminal. The two end up being a part of a madcap chase involving a check for a large amount of lottery money, pursued by Gen. Diehard and Rhino's ex-wife Rowena, who was the cause of the rift between the two protagonists.
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Oh Schucks...! Here Comes UNTAG
π³π¦ Namibia πΏπ¦ South Africa The 1990sKwagga Robertse owns a farm shop in the fictional Southern African country of Nambabwe and usually cons foreign tourists by pretending to kill a lion, thus earning him the nickname 'Urumbo' (Lion Killer) from the country's natives. Kwagga is upset when the UN sends a platoon of incompetent soldiers with the United Nations Transition Assistance Group (U.N.T.A.G.), to monitor the peace process, and ensure free and fair elections after the Nambabwean War for Independence. The U.N.T.A.G's American leader, Major Bradick D. Mackay and his second-in-command, Captain Zapman are offered a diamond worth a lot of money in the U.S., and they must pay 200,000 USD to Duan Robertse, Kwagga's competitive brother trying to buy a farm left to them by their dead father.
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A Far Off Place
πΏπ¦ South AfricaA far off land. A far off journey. A far off adventure. β Thrown together under incredible circumstances, two strangers must discover courage and strength when they begin a journey across the treacherous African desert! Equipped only with their wits and the expertise of a native bushman who befriends them, they are determined to triumph over impossible odds and reach their destination. But along the way, the trio face a primitive desert wilderness.
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Bopha!
πΏπ¦ South AfricaIn this story of a black policeman during South African apartheid, Danny Glover plays the cop, who believes he's trying to help his people, even while serving as a pawn of the racist government. When his son gets involved in the anti-apartheid movement, he finds himself torn between his family and what he believes is his duty.
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Friends
πΏπ¦ South AfricaThe beginning of the end of the apartheid era in South Africa is seen through the perspectives of three female friends: Sophie, who is of English descent; Aninka, who is an Afrikaner; and Thoko, who is black.
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Dust Devil
π³π¦ NamibiaHe's not a serial killer. He's much worse. β A woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitch-hiker.
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The Power of One
πΏπ¦ South AfricaAn exhilarating epic of a triumph of the heart. β 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 βfight with your fists and lead with your heartβ. 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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Sarafina!
πΏπ¦ South Africa The 1970sShe was their teacher. They were her hope. β 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.
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