John Kani Movies

Marigolds in August was written by Athol Fugard, who in the early 1980s was South Africa's most celebrated playwright. Fugard's intense political...

The early life of Roman ruler Julius Caesar as told in three working prisons in South Africa, the UK and Canada. A small group of professional actors...

Melody returns to her old home to Fairlands the funeral of their daughter, June to attend. But Melody not recognize their city regains because it is...

A documentary overview and ideological critique of the South African film industry and cinema's historical relationship with apartheid.

The plot centers on students involved in the Soweto Riots, in opposition to the implementation of Afrikaans as the language of instruction in...

When everything about you falls one man decides that theatre is the key, and the way to begin to unify a people. A film about the life and times of...

An Englishwoman travels to South Africa in 1906.

The play, Sizwe Bansi is Dead, follows the main character, Sizwe, as he writes to his wife after an unsuccessful search for a new job and better life...

Director Tony Palmer tells the incredible life story of Athol Fugard, the prolific playwright, novelist, and director who exposed the horrors of...

George, a black South African, finds it hard to settle down in London after his experiences in South Africa.

This version of August Strindberg's play from 1888 takes place in South Africa in the 1980s. The servant John is black and Miss Julie a white...

Kini and Adams are two friends leaving in a Zimbabwe village who dream of repairing an old broken car, and moving to the city and starting life over.

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

As South Africa celebrates its 20th anniversary of the advent of democracy in 1994, it is difficult to believe the ‘Mandela miracle’...

True story of a man who believes God owns the earth and land cannot be owned by anyone, therefore he's at liberty to build his church on ground...

Based on a true story, set in the late 19th century: Lord Tichborne, the ninth richest nobleman in England, disappears after a South American...

The indoctrination of Gerrit Wolfaardt is complete: his family traditions, history, culture- even his church-have taught him that black South...

When Harold, a young white man, learns that his alcoholic, handicapped father is returning home, his frustration turns into racist viciousness...

After 400 years Shakespeare's great tragedy still has strong social and political relevance, and this celebrated production by leading actress and...

Beyond the Light Barrier is the autobiographical true story of Elizabeth Klarer, a South African woman, and Akon, an astrophysicist from Meton, a...