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Gandhi
1982 film directed by Richard Attenborough
Lethal Weapon 2
1989 film directed by Richard Donner
The Butler
2013 film directed by Lee Daniels
Cry Freedom
1987 British drama film directed by Richard Attenborough
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
2013 film by Justin Chadwick
A Dry White Season
1989 film by Euzhan Palcy
The Power of One
1992 film by John G. Avildsen
Escape from Pretoria
2020 film directed by Francis Annan
Zulu
2013 film directed by Jérôme Salle
A World Apart
1988 film by Chris Menges
Sarafina!
1992 film directed by Darrell Roodt
Catch a Fire
2006 film by Phillip Noyce
The World Unseen
2007 film by Shamim Sarif
The Bang Bang Club
2010 film directed by Steven Silver
The Wilby Conspiracy
1975 film by Ralph Nelson
Endgame
2009 film directed by Pete Travis
Skin
2008 film by Anthony Fabian
Stander
2003 film by Bronwen Hughes
In My Country
2004 film by John Boorman
Moffie
Moffie is a 2019 biographical war romantic drama film co-written and directed by Oliver Hermanus. Based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by André Carl van der Merwe, the film depicts mandatory conscription into the notorious South African Defence Force (SADF) during apartheid through the eyes of a young closeted character Nicholas van der Swart (Kai Luke Brümmer) as he attempts to hide his attraction to another gay recruit (Ryan de Villiers) in a hostile environment. The title derives from a homophobic slur in South Africa used to police masculinity.
Yankee Zulu
1996 film by Gray Hofmeyr
Black Butterflies
2011 film by Paula van der Oest
Shepherds and Butchers
2016 film by Oliver Schmitz
Cry, the Beloved Country
1951 film
Red Dust
2004 British film
Bopha!
Bopha! is a 1993 American drama film directed by Morgan Freeman and starring Danny Glover. It is Freeman's directorial debut. It was adapted from a 1986 play of the same name.
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
2007 film by Charles Burnett
Come Back, Africa
1960 film by Lionel Rogosin
Drum
2004 film by Zola Maseko
Cry, the Beloved Country
1995 film by Darrell Roodt
The Human Factor
1979 film by Otto Preminger
Witness to Apartheid
1986 film
Tengers
Tengers is a 2007 South African animated film written, directed and produced by Michael J. Rix. It is the first full-length animation produced in South Africa and uses the claymation technique.
The Color of Friendship
2000 film directed by Kevin Hooks
Mapantsula
Mapantsula is a 1988 South African crime film directed by Oliver Schmitz and written by Schmitz and Thomas Mogotlane. It tells the story of Johannes 'Panic' Themba Mzolo (Mogotlane), a small-time thief, set against the backdrop of Apartheid. The film's use of flashbacks between Panic's time at the hands of his apartheid jailor 'Stander' (Marcel Van Heerden) and happenings in the Johannesburg township of Soweto display the injustices black South Africans suffered during apartheid and their struggle for suffrage. The film makes extensive use of political rallies, police brutality, and racial dif
Katrina
1969 film by Jans Rautenbach
Any Man's Death
1990 film by Tom Clegg
Silverton Siege
2022 film directed by Mandla Dube
Boetie Gaan Border Toe
1984 film by Regardt van den Bergh
Friends
1993 film
The Forgiven
2017 film directed by Roland Joffé
Final Solution
2001 film by Cristobal Krusen
Oh Schucks...! Here Comes U.N.T.A.G.
1990 film by David Lister
Nothing but the Truth
2008 film by John Kani
Die Kandidaat
1968 film by Jans Rautenbach
Death of Apartheid
1995 film
Marigolds in August
1980 film directed by Ross Devenish
Forgiveness
2004 film by Ian Gabriel