This uplifting biographical drama recounts Nelson Mandela's efforts to unite post-apartheid South Africa through the power of rugby. As he rallies behind the national team's quest for World Cup victory, Mandela demonstrates the transformative potential of forgiveness and reconciliation in healing ...
Also ranks #22 on The Best Movies About Women Dealing With Depression 28 The World Unseen Lisa Ray, Sheetal Sheth, Parvin Dabas 18 votes This evocative romantic drama set in 1950s apartheid South Africa tells the story of two women who find solace in each other while fighting the oppressive...
I defy you to name a better children’s movie about South African apartheid. Based on a true story, this DCOM about a girl from South Africa who stays on exchange with an African-American family is a startlingly clear look at racism. It’s a DCOM that’s not afraid to go allllll ...
Moffie is based on a semi-autobiographical novel by South African writer André Carl van der Merwe who chronicled his own time as a gay conscript in the South African military during Apartheid. Freier Fall (2013) June 6, 2022 - 08:00 The labelling of this movie as the German equivalent ...
Lauren Hadaway’sThe Novicedidn’t just surprise me, it ran wild over the rest of the movies I saw at the Chicago Critics Film Festival, trampling over my memories of them until it was certain that all I could think about was Hadaway’s full-throttle style and her film’s blistering ...
the film is a reflection on South African apartheid—the title itself alludes to Cape Town’s “whites only” District 6—as well as an allegorical take onthe tens of thousands of impoverished South Africans living in substandard conditions to this day. In making the immigrant “alien” an ...
while simultaneously succumbing to an alien virus. It soon becomes aliens versus humans as the aliens begin stashing ammunition in preparation for their return journey home. The film is saturated with stunning special effects and underlying politics reflecting South Africa’s apartheid system of racial...
while simultaneously succumbing to an alien virus. It soon becomes aliens versus humans as the aliens begin stashing ammunition in preparation for their return journey home. The film is saturated with stunning special effects and underlying politics reflecting South Africa’s apartheid system of racial...
Stream It Or Skip It: 'Moffie' On Hulu, A Brutal War Drama About A Gay Teenager In Apartheid-Era South Africa ByJade BudowskiJuly 9, 2021, 7:00 p.m. ET This South African drama isn't easy viewing, but it feels necessary.
Justin Chadwick's stirring adaptation of Nelson Mandela's autobiography Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom brings to life the inspiring story of South Africa’s first black president, offering a vivid depiction of his journey from anti-apartheid activist to international statesman. Idris Elba’s com...