Favorite South African Films
Films that define our land and people
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- DirectorJamie UysStarsN!xauMarius WeyersSandra PrinslooA comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries.
- DirectorPeter BishaiStarsWandile MolebatsiJason HartmanMasello MotanaA 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.
- StarsEdward FoxRobert PowellTrevor HowardA historical account on the life of the Zulu King Shaka.
- DirectorAnthony FabianStarsSophie OkonedoSam NeillAlice KrigeBased on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
- DirectorJohn G. AvildsenStarsStephen DorffArmin Mueller-StahlMorgan FreemanAn English boy, living in Africa during World War II, through his boxing prowess, becomes a symbol of hope, in a time of war.
- DirectorDarrell RoodtStarsLeleti KhumaloLihle MvelasePepi KhambuleAfter 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.
- DirectorBronwen HughesStarsThomas JaneDavid O'HaraDexter FletcherThe life and career of Andre Stander, a South African police officer turned bank robber.
- DirectorAthol FugardPeter GoldsmidStarsYvonne BrycelandKathy BatesAthol FugardAn elderly lady, living in (literally) the middle of nowhere, and fed up with small minded apartheid ideology, starts escaping into her own world of sculpting in her back yard and along with her (coloured) assistant Malgas, creates a world of wonder in the desert. Based on a true story by playwright Athol Fugard with great performances all round.
- DirectorAshley LazarusStarsJosé FerrerKaren ValentineBess FinneyWhen the chips are down and everything seems lost, it's good to have a best friend.
- DirectorKatinka HeynsStarsShaleen Surtie-RichardsAndré RossouwLida BothaA coloured woman in South Africa finds a white baby on her doorstep and raises him as her own. Nine years later, he is discovered and taken away.