Apartheid Movies

How Winnie Mandela went from innocent country girl to a fighter against apartheid.

When an academic unearths a forgotten history, residents of the small township of Pukekohe, including kaumātua who have never told their...

A South African librarian prepares for the return of the remains of his brother who died in exile.

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...

A young, emigrated, South African man comes back to South Africa to sell his mothers farm.

A rural teacher discovers the harsh realities of his South Africa.

Come Back, Africa chronicles the life of Zachariah, a black South African living under the rule of the harsh apartheid government in 1959.

Since its adoption in June 1955 by the Congress movement, the Freedom Charter has been the key political document that acted as a beacon and source...

The story begins when Toby (Ivan Jackson), a young English businessman, arrives in South Africa to take charge of a publishing firm. He knows little...

Rugby Union has long been viewed in South Africa as a game for the white population, and the country’s success in the sport has been a true...

In Great Britain a reversal of African apartheid comes into place, and the country is governed by black people with whites as the subservients.

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

When the remains of an apartheid-era policeman are discovered 60 years after he went missing, a retired singer revisits her past to help with the...

The Fall tells the remarkable story of a South African barefoot runner, an American track-and-field prodigy, and the events behind one of the most...

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

During the time of apartheid Nelson Mandela drove around South Africa in a limousine disguised as a chauffeur while organizing the armed struggle...

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

On an isolated farm in Apartheid South Africa two lovers find themselves at risk of losing everything to a big city lawyer; they will stop at nothing...

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

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...