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Lionel Ngakane

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Lionel Ngakane

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South African filmmaker

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Works
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Top works

  • Africa on film

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Film & TV

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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Type
Person
Country
ZA
Active from
1924
Active to
2010-06-26

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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
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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