Dolly Rathebe

Movies11

• Movie6.5

  Drama

  Post-apartheid South Africa is the setting for this drama about a mismatched twosome who end up together on a life-altering journey to Cape Town. Polar opposites Kobus (Ian Roberts), a white ex-soldier who struggles with demons from his past, and Wonderboy (Kagiso Mtetwa), a young black street kid who clings to memories of his family, come together to take on the society that has cast them aside and eventually build a friendship for the ages.

  Malunde

  2001 · 4 votes

• Movie6.8

  Drama

  A South-African preacher goes to search for his wayward son who has committed a crime in the big city.

  Cry, the Beloved Country

  1995 · 28 votes

• Movie7.0

  CrimeDrama

  A petty gangster inevitably becomes involved in the growing anti-apartheid struggle and is forced to choose between individual gain and a united stand against the system.

  Mapantsula

  1988 · 8 votes

• Movie6.5

  Documentary

  The struggle to eradicate apartheid in South Africa has been chronicled over time, but no one has addressed the vital role music plays in this challenge. This documentary by Lee Hirsch recounts a fascinating and little-known part of South Africa's political history through archival footage, interviews and, of course, several mesmerizing musical performances.

  Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

  2002 · 8 votes

• Movie6.3

  DramaCrime

  A young Soweto actor joins a gang to study up and be more convincing in a gangster role he wants.

  Hijack Stories

  2001 · 4 votes

• Movie7.3

  Little Bird's first South African production, SOPHIATOWN has won the award for Best Documentary at the Cape Town World Cinema Festival 2003. SOPHIATOWN celebrates the great popular jazz music of the 1950's in South Africa; a rich tradition deserving international attention. Director Pascale Lamche, traces the music, uncovers the artists who created it and the unique culture in which it thrived, concentrated in Sophiatown, Johannesburg's own Harlem, which fuelled by liberation politics until its destruction by the Apartheid regime. The film features Nelson Mandela and such household names from the jazz world as Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba, Abdullah Ibrahim, Jonas Gwangwa and Caiphus Semenya.

  Sophiatown

  2003 · 3 votes

• Movie6.2

  Drama

  The beginning of the end of the apartheid era in South Africa is seen through the perspectives of three female friends: Sophie, who is of English descent; Aninka, who is an Afrikaner; and Thoko, who is black.

  Friends

  1994 · 22 votes

• Movie9.0

  DramaMusic

  Jim decides to leave his tribal area to seek his fortune in Johannesburg. As soon as he arrives, three gangsters mug him. When he regains consciousness, a friendly night watchman takes care of him. With the watchman's help, Jim gets a job in a nightclub as a waiter.

  African Jim

  1949 · 1 votes

• Movie7.0

  Drama

  The story is inspired by the assassination of Chris Hani, leader of the South African Communist Party.

  The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat

  1993 · 4 votes

• Movie5.8

  ThrillerTV Movie

  This controversial political thriller, which provoked mass demonstrations and nine deaths in South Africa when it was first shown, gives dramatic form to the African National Congress's basic program of reconcilliation within a non-racialist, democratic society. A train massacre by an Inkatha militant causes the sole witness to the crime to flee the Soweto townships to take refuge in Johannesburg; but the violence follows him when his ANC comrades try to buy guns for a retaliatory raid against Inkatha supporters.

  In a Time of Violence: The Line

  1994 · 5 votes

• Movie7.0

  ComedyDrama

  In a black township in South Africa, a stolen treasure chest passes from hand to hand until it is finally returned to its original owner.

  The Pennywhistle Blues

  1951 · 1 votes