Apartheid Movies

  • 1968
    The Burning

    The Burning

    The Burning

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    The Burning is Stephen Frears’ first film, a chilling exploration of racial tensions in Apartheid-era South Africa. On a sweltering...

    The Burning
  • 1990
    The Schoolmaster

    The Schoolmaster

    The Schoolmaster

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    In 1948 a new schoolmaster with a Polish background arrives in a small South-African town and is confronted with the Apartheid regime.

    The Schoolmaster
  • 2019
    Namibia: The Story of a German Colony

    Namibia: The Story of a German Colony

    Namibia: The Story of a German Colony

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    Germans colonized the land of Namibia, in southern Africa, during a brief period of time, from 1840 to the end of the World War I. The story of the...

    Namibia: The Story of a German Colony
  • 2003
    Sophiatown

    Sophiatown

    Sophiatown

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    Little Bird's first South African production, SOPHIATOWN has won the award for Best Documentary at the Cape Town World Cinema Festival 2003. ...

    Sophiatown
  • 2024
    Excretapolitics

    Excretapolitics

    Excretapolitics

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    In Cape Town's informal settlements, created to segregate the racialized population during Apartheid, the South African government never built a...

    Excretapolitics
  • 1973
    Boesman and Lena

    Boesman and Lena

    Boesman and Lena

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    A portrait of a marginalised couple evicted by forced removal in apartheid South Africa.

    Boesman and Lena
  • 1991
    The Leader, His Driver, and the Driver's Wife

    The Leader, His Driver, and the Driver's Wife

    The Leader, His Driver, and the Driver's Wife

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    From award-winning director Nick Broomfield, The Leader, His Driver, and the Driver's Wife documents Broomfield's efforts to interview Eugene...

    The Leader, His Driver, and the Driver's Wife
  • 2018
    The State Against Mandela and the Others

    The State Against Mandela and the Others

    The State Against Mandela and the Others

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    South Africa, July 11th, 1963. Several members of the African National Congress, an organization declared illegal, are arrested in Rivonia, a country...

    The State Against Mandela and the Others
  • 2021
    I'm Khoisan, not Coloured

    I'm Khoisan, not Coloured

    I'm Khoisan, not Coloured

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    During his stay in Cape Town as a film student, Shatho Tibone was inspired by an initial casual trip he took to the scenic but informal settlement of...

    I'm Khoisan, not Coloured
  • 2016
    The Good Terrorist

    The Good Terrorist

    The Good Terrorist

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    The story of anti-apartheid activist John Harris - who was hanged after a fatal bombing in Johannesburg in 1964 - told by those who knew him best and...

    The Good Terrorist
  • 1999
    A Question of Madness: The Furiousus

    A Question of Madness: The Furiousus

    A Question of Madness: The Furiousus

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    In Capetown, South Africa, in September 1966, Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid, was stabbed to death in Parliament. The...

    A Question of Madness: The Furiousus
  • 1987
    Tenth of a Second

    Tenth of a Second

    Tenth of a Second

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    "Tenth of a Second" is the account of one man's desperate attempt to fight the oppressive apartheid regime of South Africa. This political thriller...

    Tenth of a Second
  • 2018
    Glasgow, Love and Apartheid

    Glasgow, Love and Apartheid

    Glasgow, Love and Apartheid

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    In the year of Nelson Mandela’s centenary, Glasgow, Love and Apartheid is the story of one family’s fight against apartheid from Scotland...

    Glasgow, Love and Apartheid
  • 1995
    Death of Apartheid

    Death of Apartheid

    Death of Apartheid

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    The secret history of the negotiations that led to Mandela's release from prison, the ANC becoming the government of South Africa, and the end of...

    Death of Apartheid
  • 1985
    Rich Girl

    Rich Girl

    Rich Girl

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    When a highly trained bodyguard is hired to protect a wealthy businessman’s pampered daughter, he will have his work cut out for him. The...

    Rich Girl
  • 1999
    Addicted to Solitude

    Addicted to Solitude

    Addicted to Solitude

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    I traveled to South Africa to find a white family living on a desolate farm. I wanted to film how they faced the new days of equality after the fall...

    Addicted to Solitude
  • 2019
    Stop The Tour

    Stop The Tour

    Stop The Tour

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    Stop The Tour discovers the extraordinary story of how sport helped bring an end to Apartheid which paved the way towards the multi racial 2019...

    Stop The Tour
  • 2014
    The Last Day of Summer

    The Last Day of Summer

    The Last Day of Summer

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    During apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s, two lovers -- a 16-year-old Caucasian girl and a 20-year-old African man -- meet a tragic end.

    The Last Day of Summer
  • 1970
    End of the Dialogue

    End of the Dialogue

    End of the Dialogue

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    The first film to ever show what life was in South-Africa under the Apartheid state. The film was released as an anonymous production under the aegis...

    End of the Dialogue
  • 2022
    Longsince

    Longsince

    Longsince

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    In 1980s Apartheid South Africa, a woman's tenuous relationship with her boyfriend is threatened by memories of a past lover, and the possibility of...

    Longsince