Long Night's Journey Into Day (2000), Drum (2004), A Dry White Season (1989), Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (2002), Cry Freedom (1987), Invictus (2009), Otelo Burning (2011), Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Apartheid movies.
Storyline: A political thriller: the real-life story of a South African hero's journey to freedom. In the country's turbulent and divided times in the 1980s, Patrick Chamusso is an oil refinery foreman and soccer coach who is apolitical - until he and his wife Precious are jailed. Patrick is stunned into action against the country's oppressive reigning system, even as police Colonel Nic Vos further insinuates himself into the Chamussos' lives.—Focus Features
Plot Keywords: history, biography, political, apartheid, south africa, true story, oppression ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: 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 government. When his son gets involved in the anti-apartheid movement, he finds himself torn between his family (including long-suffering wife Alfre Woodard) and what he believes is his duty.—M
Plot Keywords: apartheid, police brutality, family conflict, social justice, racial discrimination, south africa, moral dilemma ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 2013, Idris Elba produced and released "Idris Elba presents mi Mandela", an album inspired by his time researching and portraying Nelson Mandela in "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom". The musical culture of South Africa was a great influence to him, both present day and historically, and connecting to the music Mr. Mandela would have listened to throughout his life was a great aid in Elba's preparation for the role. Arrangements were made to record the album in South Africa and Mali at the end of 2013, however, sadly just before Elba left, his father, Winston, passed away. While working simultaneously on the album and promoting his film, Elba had BAFTA award-winning director Daniel Vernon document his movements. "Mandela, My Dad and Me" not only documents one man's struggle in producing his first album, but also his emotional quest to pay a fitting tribute to two inspirational men.
Plot Keywords: biography, documentary, music, south africa, father-son relationship, personal growth, cultural heritage ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: As tensions of apartheid spread across South Africa, many students revolts to massive stone throw, a demonstration that comes in a wake of the introduction of Afrikaans language as a means of teaching. This sparks riots among school age young people who have resolved to do what it takes for freedom to come tomorrow. In a township of Soweto, a group of students, led by a beautiful and intelligent young girl, Sarafina, mastermind a plot to rise against the apartheid regime by vehemently rejecting the proposal to have Afrikaans as a medium of instruction. This angers the white people and results in a massive unrest of the students and those others supporting them. Meanwhile, Sarafina's mother accepts a job of a housekeeper in a white household and it angers Sarafina. Following the unrest of students and their possible torture and trial, Sarafina is released from prison, reunites with some of the colleagues and composes a "Freedom is Coming Tomorrow" song.—Isaac Museka Lupupa
Plot Keywords: musical, apartheid, south africa, resistance, freedom, education, politics ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: "Music for Mandela" explores the role music played in the extraordinary life of one of the world's most important icons. From Nelson Mandela's imprisonment, to his release, to the present day celebrations of his legacy, the music born out of his inspirational journey is commented on by his closest friends, former exiled musicians, current international artists and community volunteers, who use music today to motivate and educate. Combining striking visuals with freedom songs, pop music and hip hop, "Music for Mandela" is a stirring tribute to the man himself and to the ultimate power of music.—Gold Star Productions
Plot Keywords: documentary, biography, south africa, apartheid, freedom, music, history ...
Movie Details Click Here !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: sports, football, apartheid, south africa, prison, politics, resistance ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A South African couple (Danny Glover, Angela Bassett) try to overcome personal tragedy within their love/hate relationship.
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, south africa, apartheid, social issues, poverty, displacement ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Examining war and its effect on family. A son who has a strained relationship with his dad begins having vivid dreams that show him what his dad went through.
Plot Keywords: war, father, family, history, drama, south africa, apartheid ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: 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.
Plot Keywords: war, photography, south africa, apartheid, violence, true story, conflict ...
Movie Details Click Here !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: history, biography, apartheid, south africa, prison, racism, friendship ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A black family (Carl Lumbly, Penny Johnson, Shadia Simmons) receives a white South African exchange student, raised in apartheid, into its home in 1977.
Plot Keywords: race, friendship, discrimination, cultural conflict, south africa, apartheid, coming of age ...
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