Apartheid Movies

  • 1983
    The Shadow of the West

    The Shadow of the West

    The Shadow of the West

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    Edward Said, Professor of English & Comparative Literature at Columbia University, was one of the most prominent literary critics of the late 20th...

    The Shadow of the West
  • 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
  • 1968
    The Burning

    The Burning

    The Burning

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

    The Burning
  • 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
  • 2015
    The Great Wall

    The Great Wall

    The Great Wall

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    ‘The Great Wall has been completed at its most southerly point.’ So begins Kafka’s short story ‘At the Building of the Great...

    The Great Wall
  • 2023
    An Orange Waiting to Be Eaten

    An Orange Waiting to Be Eaten

    An Orange Waiting to Be Eaten

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    An Orange Waiting to Be Eaten
  • 1977
    South Africa: The White Laager

    South Africa: The White Laager

    South Africa: The White Laager

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    Explores the history of the Afrikaners and Afrikaner nationalism, and the development of apartheid and its relevance to South Africa's political...

    South Africa: The White Laager
  • 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
  • 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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    Nick Broomfield tries to interview Eugene Terre'Blanche, leader of the sinister neo-nazi AWB Afrikaner Party in South Africa. Cameras capture awkward...

    The Leader, His Driver, and the Driver's Wife
  • 2024
    London Recruits

    London Recruits

    London Recruits

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    The story of the Londoners recruited to be freedom fighters during the South African apartheid during the 1960s.

    London Recruits
  • 2002
    The Man Who Knows Too Much

    The Man Who Knows Too Much

    The Man Who Knows Too Much

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    Who is Wouter Basson? Is this white South African just a respected cardiologist without any blood on his hands or on the contrary comparable to...

    The Man Who Knows Too Much
  • 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
  • 2000
    Prime Evil

    Prime Evil

    Prime Evil

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    Eugene de Kock, nicknamed "Prime Evil," was South Africa's most notorious government assassin under the apartheid regime. A highly decorated and...

    Prime Evil
  • 2009
    Stayin' Alive in Jo'burg

    Stayin' Alive in Jo'burg

    Stayin' Alive in Jo'burg

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    A fascinating documentary about Johannesburg. It is one of the most violent cities in the world yet the filmmakers bravely probe into some of the...

    Stayin' Alive in Jo'burg
  • 1976
    Frontline

    Frontline

    Frontline

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    Frontline
  • 1970
    Apartheid: 20th Century Slavery

    Apartheid: 20th Century Slavery

    Apartheid: 20th Century Slavery

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    The rich land which occupies the southern sub-continent of Africa sustains twenty million people of differing race. The relations among these races...

    Apartheid: 20th Century Slavery