Browse by Country - South Africa
Yesterday (2004)
Director: Darrell Roodt
Starring: Leleti Khumalo, Kenneth Khambula, Lihle Mvelase, Harriet Lenabe, Camilla Walker
The first major feature film to be made entirely in the Zulu language, writer/director Darrell Roodt returned to his homeland to tell a truly African... Read more
Red Dust (2004)
Director: Tom Hooper
Starring: Hilary Swank, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jamie Bartlett, Marius Weyers
Set against the backdrop of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission Hearings, Hilary Swank is an ex-pat South African practising law in the... Read more
In My Country (2004)
Director: John Boorman
Starring: Samuel L Jackson, Juliette Binoche, Brendan Gleeson, Menzi Ngubane, Sam Ngakane
In newly post-apartheid South Africa the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was set up, bringing perpetrators and victims of racial violence together... Read more
Stander (2003)
Director: Bronwen Hughes
Starring: Dexter Fletcher, Thomas Jane, David O'Hara, Deborah Kara Unger
An incredible true story of one of the most audacious criminals of our time. Andre Stander (Thomas Jane), was an ambitious second-generation policema... Read more
Duma (2005)
Director: Carroll Ballard
Starring: Campbell Scott, Hope Davis, Alex Michaletos
Carroll Ballard, ('The Black Stallion', 'Never Cry Wolf'), directs the true story of Xan (Alexander Michaletos), a boy living with his parents (Campbe... Read more
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Director: Terry George
Starring: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Nolte, Joaquin Phoenix, Jean Reno
As his country descends into madness, five-star-hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina (Don Cheadle) sets out to save his family. But when he sees that the w... Read more
Racing Stripes (2004)
Director: Frederik Du Chau
Starring: Bruce Greenwood, Hayden Panettiere, M Emmet Walsh, Wendie Malick
In the middle of a raging thunderstorm, a traveling circus accidentally leaves behind some very precious cargo - a baby zebra. The gangly little foal... Read more
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (2002)
Director: Lee Hirsch
Starring: Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela
The profound effect of black South African freedom music on the eventual dissolution of apartheid is the subject of this soul-stirring and inspiration... Read more
Cry, The Beloved Country (1995)
Director: Darrell Roodt
Starring: James Earl Jones, Richard Harris, Charles S Dutton
A stirring drama based on Alan Paton's acclaimed novel and starring James Earl Jones as a rural South African Priest who befriends Richard Harris, a m... Read more
Graceland: Paul Simon (1987)
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Starring: Paul Simon, Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela
Based on Paul Simon's Grammy-winning album that blended pop with African music. Featured is his 1987 performance in Zimbabwe with renowned trumpeter H... Read more