“Mapantsula” (at the Royal) is a movie that connects violently with its subject: racial and social injustice in South Africa. But, like its black anti-hero, themapantsula(Zulu forsmall-time crook) of the title, the movie makers do their job with swiftness, guile and gall. It’s a m...
If you were to hand me this script and tell me it was by Neill Blomkamp, I’d half expect Ashton Kutcher to roll up with a camera crew. No effing way is this by the same guy who told a story about apartheid in South Africa through the plight of illegal aliens in the most literal ...
Catch a Fire is a 2006 historically based drama about anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, focussing on the life of Patrick Chamusso, an timid foreman at Secunda CTL, the largest synthetic fuel plant in the world, who in 1980 is wrongly accused, imprisoned, and tortured for an attempt...
Catch a Fire is a 2006 historically based drama about anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, focussing on the life of Patrick Chamusso, an timid foreman at Secunda CTL, the largest synthetic fuel plant in the world, who in 1980 is wrongly accused, imprisoned, and tortured for an attempt...
“The Ghost,” the seemingly invincible crime boss aims to wreak havoc on deceptively liberated towns in post-Apartheid South Africa. As played with delicious menace by Hamilton Dlamini, Sepoko easily walks away with the picture every time he’s onscreen. I’ve decided to single him out ...
Apartheid And Socialization: Movie-Going In Cape Town, 1943–1958doi:10.1080/01439680500533359Garth JowettHistorical Journal of Film, Radio and Television
His dedication extended beyond the shores of America, fighting against apartheid in South Africa and advocating for humanitarian causes globally. His efforts were recognized when he was appointed as the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 1987. Belafonte's enduring legacy serves as a testament to his ...
Endgame is a political thriller based on true events that takes place in South Africa during the apartheid era. The movie is directed by Pete Travis and was released in 2009. The plot revolves around a group of anti-apartheid activists who are fighting against the oppressive regime. The activ...
During Reagan's tenure, Cecil successfully lobbies for equal pay for himself and his Black employees but becomes disheartened when he witnesses the President's refusal to support economic sanctions against apartheid in South Africa, leading to his resignation. Fonda has a couple of scenes as Mrs....
in ending apartheid in South Africa. No one in 1972 Gary even thinks to imagine a Black President or a Black/South Asian female Vice-Presidential candidate. Indeed, other than the two widows, and a mention ofAngela Davis, there are very few women featured in the film and there is no ...