Thishiwe Ziqubu

Movies8

• Movie2.1

  Drama

  Dez and Terri, a mixed-race couple married 20 years and adoptive parents, they are the trailblazing lesbians of the New South Africa. But, have these freedoms guaranteed them happiness? Asanda, their 18 year old adopted daughter, is the poster child for South Africa’s diversity but describes herself as “an experiment”, being made up as she goes along. She meets Shado, an enigmatic Tommy Boy from Khayalitsha, a township on the edge of Cape Town, and a different picture of the New South Africa emerges.

  While You Weren't Looking

  2015 · 4 votes

• Movie

  Horror

  A Black transmasculine Uber driver’s car becomes dangerously possessed when a German hippie offloads her trauma demon on a ride through the racially segregated, tourist-infested Cape Town.

  Dread

  2026

• Movie6.4

  RomanceDrama

  TK is a handsome and charming womanizer who runs at the first mention of commitment. His life changes when he meets Skiets, the one woman immune to his charms.

  Hard to Get

  2014 · 7 votes

• Movie

  Comedy

  "Wonder Boy for President," tells a story of a charismatic young man from the Eastern Cape who is coerced into running for president by two corrupt characters. It is a political satire that delves into political dynamics and challenges that arise.

  Wonder Boy for President

  2016

• Movie1.0

  Drama

  Londoner Quinn, a bold young woman of mixed heritage, is at a crossroads after her mother’s sudden death. Hoping to reconnect with her estranged South African father, she sets off on an impulsive journey to Cape Town—but nothing goes as planned. When a chance encounter with the enigmatic Harley leads to an offer of help, the pair are swept into a wild ride through the Western Cape’s electric nightlife, underbelly, and remote backwaters. As they face external dangers, deep-seated prejudice, and personal reckoning, Quinn and Harley form a powerful bond, discovering that the answers they sought may lie within. A story of resilience, identity, and the unexpected roads that lead us home.

  Low Rider

  2025 · 1 votes

• Movie2.5

  DramaThriller

  Unable to find justice for her sister, who killed herself after being raped a decade ago, avenging angel Zola Kunene lures the man she believes responsible to an empty apartment - She ties him up and puts on a show-trial, live-streamed on social-media. The public will be judge and jury.Should it be necessary, Zola will be the executioner.

  The Fury

  2022 · 2 votes

• Movie10.0

  TELL ME SWEET SOMETHING tells the story of Moratiwa, an aspiring writer who owns and runs a bookstore in the heart of Johannesburg. The bookstore, like her love life, is not experiencing much success. This all changes when she meets and falls in love with the unlikeliest candidate in the world, Nat, a male model, who has never read a book in his life and is desperate to be loved for his mind not his body. Against the odds, they become romantically involved but then Sashi, Nat's now pregnant ex-girlfriend, shows up and sets off a chain of romantic complications into motion.

  Tell Me Sweet Something

  2015 · 1 votes

• Movie

  Drama

  Ade and Femi are expatriate Nigerian brothers. Ade is a successful banker in London, while Femi, once a political dissident in his home country, has had to escape to South Africa, live in refugee tenements and work menial jobs. The brothers have not only been physically estranged, their relationship is riddled with unspoken betrayal, guilt and scorn, which they have carried since the early days of their youth. During a short visit to Johannesburg, Ade discovers that his brother has been missing for a week. He sets out to investigate Femi's mysterious disappearance, reconstructing the pieces of his everyday life and the cruel hardships he endured just to survive. A riot erupts while Ade is visiting Femi's former boss in one of the townships. Ade is forced to take shelter with the employer. The mounting violence outside seeps into their exchanges and, eventually, prompts an explosion of revelation.

  Man on Ground

  2011