Highest-Rated Movies about 'Robben Island', Sort by Popularity
Goodbye Bafana (2007), More Than Just a Game (2007), Goodbye Bafana (2007) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Robben Island movies.
#1. Goodbye Bafana (2007)
Storyline: James Gregory once lived in a farm and had befriended a native youth, Bafana, and had even had a photograph taken with him. Years later, now married to Gloria and father of three children (Chris, Brett, and Natasha), James has nothing but shame and regret, as many South African Caucasians in the oppressive Apartheid-era ridiculed him, leading him to hate Africans. He seeks to redeem himself by spying on imprisoned African National Congress Leader, Nelson Mandela. In the restrictive high security prison his job is to censor all written and verbal communications between prisoners, their visitors, and correspondence. James is uncomfortable when he witnesses Caucasian police and security officers' brutality against civilians, including infants, and tries to understand why Nelson became a rebel. This leads him to examine the 'Freedom Charter', a banned document, reportedly known to incite violence against 'whites'. And when he does read this document, he changes his mind about Nelson's ...
Plot Keywords: political prisoner, prison guard, warden, militant, racist, powerful, profound ...
Movie Details Click Here!#2. More Than Just a Game (2007)
Storyline: Told through the stories of five former prisoners, this is the story of political activists sent to the notorious Robben Island prison in the 1960s by the apartheid regime, who rise above their incarceration by creating a football league and finding an outlet for their passion and commitment to discipline through the Beautiful Game.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: convict, prison guard, political prisoner, inspiring, moving, south africa, quarry ...
Movie Details Click Here!#3. Goodbye Bafana (2007)
Storyline: In the late 1960s, the white South African government imprisons many black militant leaders, including Nelson Mandela (Dennis Haysbert), in a maximum-security prison in Cape Town. White guard James Gregory (Joseph Fiennes) is placed in charge of Mandela's ward because he can speak the Xhosa language and monitor the prisoners' communications. Over the course of Mandela's long imprisonment, his quiet leadership causes Gregory to rethink his previous racist views.
Plot Keywords: political prisoner, prison guard, warden, militant, racist, powerful, profound ...
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