
John Matshikiza
Actor · 1954 – 2008 · Johannesburg, South Africa
Movies17
Movie6.4DramaRomanceSarah Jordan, an American living in London in 1984, is married to the son of a wealthy British industrialist. She encounters Nick Callahan, a renegade doctor, whose impassioned plea for help to support his relief efforts in war-torn Africa moves her deeply. As a result, Sarah embarks upon a journey of discovery that leads to danger, heartbreak and romance in the far corners of the world.
Beyond Borders
2003 · 450 votes
Movie7.0DramaA dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko, a courageous and outspoken black anti-apartheid activist.
Cry Freedom
1987 · 240 votes
Movie4.3ThrillerMysteryChristina Ford is a temptress who isn't afraid to use her desires to get what she wants. When her wealthy boyfriend, identical twin Ted Ashby hires retired cop Jack Lynch to captain their yacht, passions ignite at sea and Jack finds himself a pawn in a game where there are no rules. In their world, nobody is who they appear to be and the only one who knows the truth is dead. After washing ashore, Jack is accused of murdering his boss, Ted, and raping the victim's girlfriend, Christina. With no one believing his side of the story, Jack seeks the help of veteran attorney Walter J. Hill to prove his innocence.
Woman of Desire
1994 · 36 votes
Movie4.9ActionDramaKickboxing champion Matt Reeves witnesses the murder of his friend Johnny. While investigating the crime, he learns that a Mr. Negaal in South Africa has founded a new kickboxing association and does not leave international champions much of a chance. Johnny had to pay with his life when he did not want to join. Neegal seems to kill everybody who is in his way especially David Sloan from the previous Kickboxer films. Matt is on his own now, but suddenly finds an unexpected ally.
The Redemption: Kickboxer 5
1995 · 97 votes
Movie6.2ComedyTwo South African boys, one white, Rhino, and one black, Zulu, go their separate ways after an incident. Many years later, they meet up again as adults, when one, after living for years in the United States, is now a wanted criminal. The two end up being a part of a madcap chase involving a check for a large amount of lottery money, pursued by Gen. Diehard and Rhino's ex-wife Rowena, who was the cause of the rift between the two protagonists.
Yankee Zulu
1993 · 43 votes
Movie5.8DramaSet at the end of the 1960s, as Swaziland is about to receive independence from United Kingdom, the film follows the young Ralph Compton, at 12, through his parents' traumatic separation, till he's 14.
Wah-Wah
2005 · 40 votes
Movie6.3HorrorMysteryA woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitch-hiker.
Dust Devil
1992 · 154 votes
Movie7.2DramaHistoryIn 1993, Canadian Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire was sent by the United Nations to Rwanda as commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR). Its mission, to ensure the ceasefire, is underfunded, excessively bureaucratized and made up of military units which come from dozens of countries and which each have a very different program... These are Lt Gen Dallaire's efforts to stop the madness of the Rwandan Genocide, despite the complete indifference of his superiors.
Shake Hands with the Devil
2007 · 74 votes
Movie6.2FamilyComedyJimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find. He ends up deep in Africa, hoping to recruit Saleh, a huge basketball prodigy Jimmy glimpsed in a home movie. But Saleh is the chief's son and has responsibilities at home, since the tribe's land is threatened by a mining company with its own hotshot basketball team.
The Air Up There
1994 · 172 votes
Movie4.8TV MovieDramaNelson Mandela becomes South Africa's first Black President, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his leadership in negotiating a bloodless revolution in that country.
Mandela
1987 · 7 votes
Movie6.4DramaAdventureAnother thrilling adventure for Elsa the lioness as she works her magic on two teenagers struggling with changes in their life.
Born Free: A New Adventure
1996 · 10 votes
MovieDramaTV MovieDecades after the end of World War II, escaped war criminal Klaus Barbie is brought to justice.
Movie6.3DramaCrimeA young Soweto actor joins a gang to study up and be more convincing in a gangster role he wants.
Hijack Stories
2001 · 4 votes
Movie4.5DramaA South African spinster murders her father after he rapes the wife of the black foreman for his plantation.
Dust
1985 · 10 votes
MovieDramaTV MovieThirty-seven men from the disputed territory of South West Africa are on trial for their lives in Pretoria, 1,000 miles from their home. They are to be tried under South Africa's Terrorism Act despite the UN ruling that South Africa must abandon its 'illegal administration' of their country.
Child of Hope
1975
Movie7.0DramaTV MovieThe fortunes of two expeditions a century and a half apart become mysteriously linked in the same desolate stretch of Kalahari Desert. In 1848 the Broon family are sent by the London Missionary Society to look for and convert a legendary race of strangely deformed savages. In 1983, a team of three people go off in search of what really happened.
Desert of Lies
1984 · 1 votes
MovieDramaTV MovieGeorge, a black South African, finds it hard to settle down in London after his experiences in South Africa.
Series5
TV6.6DramaPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.
Play for Today
1970 · 10 votes
TV7.0DramaA one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.
Playhouse
1974 · 1 votes
TV6.9DramaWar & PoliticsThe daily lives of a group of soldiers in 'B' Company, 1st Battalion The King's Fusiliers.
Soldier Soldier
1991 · 16 votes
TV6.0DramaA series of television plays, some original, some based on pre-existing plays or novels.
The Play on One
1988 · 3 votes
TV7.0DramaCatherine Bach plays Margo Wells Dutton, 37, a graduate of McGill University in Montreal and now a widowed businesswoman. Trained as a structural engineer, she takes the reins of a multinational corporation, Canoco, for her father-in-law, Marcus Dutton (Robert Mitchum). When she is in Africa, they communicate through satellite-linked computers. Her 16-year-old son, Rory (Simon James), attends class via computer, works on the ranch and is caretaker for the household, Victoria Lodge.
African Skies
1992 · 2 votes