Apartheid Movies, Movies about Apartheid

Here we've displayed a list of the best Apartheid films : Cry Freedom(1987), Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony(2002), Face of Unity(2014), Invictus(2009), Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom(2013), Goodbye Bafana(2007), A World Apart(1988), Escape From Pretoria(2020), Cry, the Beloved Country(1995), Zulu(2013), Free State(2016), Disgrace(2008) ... ...

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Cry Freedom

South African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country, after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend, the black activist Steve Biko.

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Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

Interviews, archival footage, and filmed performances highlight the role of music in the South African struggle against apartheid.

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Face of Unity

Face Of Unity is the definitive Nelson Mandela documentary feature and first retrospective to be released since the president's death in late 2013. It includes a never before seen speech ... See full summary »

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Invictus

Nelson Mandela, in his first term as President of South Africa, initiates a unique venture to unite the Apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup.

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Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.

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Goodbye Bafana

Goodbye Bafana is the true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.

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A World Apart

1963. Thirteen year old Molly Roth, the eldest of three offspring of Gus and Diana Roth, lives a carefree life as part of the affluent white minority in South Africa. Race is a non-issue ... See full summary »

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Escape From Pretoria

Based on the real-life prison break of two political captives, Escape From Pretoria is a race-against-time thriller set in the tumultuous apartheid days of South Africa.

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Cry, the Beloved Country

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

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Zulu

Policemen Ali Sokhela and Brian Epkeen investigate the brutal murder of a young white woman, apparently provoked by the availability of a new illegal drug and somehow connected to the disappearance of black street children.

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Free State

A random act of kindness sparks a forbidden love affair between a white girl and an Indian man during the Apartheid system in South Africa.

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Disgrace

After having an affair with a student, a Cape Town professor moves to the Eastern Cape, where he gets caught up in a mess of post-apartheid politics.

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Bopha!

In this story of a black policeman during South African apartheid, Danny Glover plays the cop, who believes he's trying to help his people, even while serving as a pawn of the racist ... See full summary »

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Lost in the Stars

Brock Peters (To Kill a Mockingbird) is Stephen Kumalo, a black South African minister searching the unfamiliar back alleys and shantytowns of Johannesburg for his son, Absalom.

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Sarafina!

South African teenagers fight against apartheid in the Soweto Uprising.

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The Forgiven

After the end of Apartheid, Archbishop Desmond Tutu meets with a brutal murderer seeking redemption.

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Dangerous Ground

Vusi Madlazi returns to the South African village he left as a young boy (he was organizing against apartheid, and left in fear of his life) to bury his father. He meets up with his brother... See full summary »

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Drum

In 1950s Johannesburg, black South African reporter Henry Nxumalo (Taye Diggs) uncovers an explosive story.

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Yankee Zulu

Childhood pals (Leon Schuster, John Matshikiza) reverse racial roles so one can avoid prosecution in South Africa.

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Skin

A South African woman (Sophie Okonedo) appears to be black despite being born to white parents (Sam Neill, Alice Krige).

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Mandela

Filmmakers Jo Menell and Angus Gibson chronicle Nelson Mandela's rise from tribal leader to president of South Africa.

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Too White for Me

Nick Broomfield documents musician Chicco Twala's efforts to promote a Tracy Chapman concert in South Africa.

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Tremors 5: Bloodlines

Survivalist Burt Gummer (Michael Gross) and his new sidekick Travis (Jamie Kennedy) are hired to track down an ass-blaster terrorizing South Africa. As they engage in battles with the aggressive creatures, they discover an even more lethal creature.

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The Bang Bang Club

Photojournalists (Ryan Phillippe, Taylor Kitsch, Frank Rautenbach) put themselves in harm's way as they shoot evidence of atrocities committed in the final days of South African apartheid.

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The Color of Friendship

A black family (Carl Lumbly, Penny Johnson, Shadia Simmons) receives a white South African exchange student, raised in apartheid, into its home in 1977.

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Boesman & Lena

A South African couple (Danny Glover, Angela Bassett) try to overcome personal tragedy within their love/hate relationship.

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