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Lionel Ngakane (17 July 1928 – 26 November 2003) was a South African filmmaker and actor, who lived in exile in the United Kingdom from the 1950s until 1994, when he returned to South Africa after the end of apartheid. His 1965 film Jemima and Johnny, inspired by the 1958 "race riots" in Notting Hill, London, won awards at the Venice and Rimini film festivals. In the 1960s, Ngakane was a founding…
Known for
- In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid — Self1994
- Victims of Apartheid — Mokwe1978
- The Squeeze — West Indian1977
- Child of Hope — Mutumbulua1975
- Baobab: Portrait of a Tree — Legend Storyteller (voice)1971
- It’s the Only Way to Go1970
- Two Gentlemen Sharing — Bill1969
- Wind Versus Polygamy — Ofodile1968
- Theatre 625 — Ofodile1964
- The Painted Smile — Barman1962
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lionel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Pretoria
- Place of death
- Rustenburg
- Occupation
- television actor
- Educated at
- University of Fort Hare
- Languages spoken
- English language
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- date of death
- 2003-11-26
- date of birth
- 1928-07-17
- described by source
- African Film Festival, Inc.
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