Country of Origin: South Africa
ANY CHILD IS MY CHILD (A.N.C.)
(1988)
CertificationU
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A shocking documentary which reveals the extent of brutality against children practised by the South African regime. But this film is not an entirely depressing affair as it also shows the spirit of resistence which this repression has produced. A film from the International Defence Aid Fund.
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GANGSTER'S PARADISE
(2008)
Certification15
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Lucky grows up in a South African township in the post-apartheid era and is caught between the desire to go university and the lure of easy money from violent crime.
A decade on an we see him as a struggling taxi-driver before his transformation into a businessman who uses violence to reclaim inner-city Joburg tenement blocks from the drug-dealers and hookers who inhabit them and from the rich white slum landlords who own them. Thus the ambitious gangster realises an aim of the revolution
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Certification15
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Sox leads a life of privileged comfort, on the right side of the law, but when he lands a TV part as a gangster Sox decides to look up his old Soweto mate Zama and his gang of professional carjackers for some method preparation for his part.
'Hijack Stories' is a well acted cracking adrenaline pumping drama with a real feel for the music and township life.
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MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM
(2013)
Certification12
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A pretty good dramatization of Nelson Mandela's extraordinary journey from childhood in a rural village through to his election as President of South Africa. It explores the Mandela unknown to most of the world; the lover of fancy cars, a lady's man, the boxing enthusiast and playboy, the skilful lawyer and a freedom fighter. An intriguing portrait of the making of a modern icon.
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CertificationU
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Stripes is a young zebra abandoned by a travelling circus, adopted by a farmer and his daughter, who dreams of becoming a race horse. A good natured live action children's film where the animals can talk (which is why it's only for children).
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Certification15
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Apartheid is over, ex-police torturer Hendricks is serving a long sentence but thinks he can get an amnesty from the True and Reconciliation Commission by appearing to confess to all. Hilary Swank plays an idealistic young lawyer returning from New York to represent Alex Mpondo, an ANC politician, who was tortured by Hendriks when arrested in the 1980s, and the parents of Steve Sizela, co-arrested with Mpondo, but never seen alive again. The truth of what happened may not be as simple as it appe
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SONG OF THE SPEAR (ANC)
(1988)
CertificationU
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A documentary detailing the emergence of cultural resistance to the aparthied regime and a celebration with songs and music. The Amandla Cultural Ensemble on tour with their songs of resistance and defiance to the political system which oppresses them. For fans of World Music.
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THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY TWO
(1990)
CertificationPG
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Kalahari Bushman Xi is forced to enter the "civilized" world when his kids disappear stowed away in a jeep. The main problem is that all the "civilized" people he meets on the way are in even more need than his kids! As good as the original, which you should check out if you've not seen it.
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