Zakes Mokae
Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 05, 1934
Deathday: September 11, 2009
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Separation
1968-10-19
Separation
Overview: Separation concerns the inner life of a woman during a period of breakdown – marital, and possibly mental. Her past and (possible?) future are revealed through a fragmented but brilliantly achieved and often humorous narrative, in which dreams and desires are as real as the ‘swinging’ London (complete with Procul Harum music and Mark Boyle light show) of the film’s setting.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-10-19
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Roar
1981-10-30
Roar
Overview: Roar follows a family who are attacked by various African animals at the secluded home of their keeper.
Genres: Adventure Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-30
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Dust Devil
1992-07-11
Dust Devil
Overview: A woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitch-hiker.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-07-11
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Dad
1989-10-27
Dad
Overview: A busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than ever before. Estranged from his own son, the executive comes to realize what has been missing in his own life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-27
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A Caribbean Mystery
1983-10-22
A Caribbean Mystery
Overview: Aging Major Palgrave, an idiosyncratic but charming mystery writer, reveals to Miss Jane Marple that one of the guests at a luxurious Caribbean resort they're staying at is a Bluebeard-type wife murderer. Unfortunately, the Major succumbs to an apparently accidental overdose of alcohol and blood pressure medication before revealing the killer's identity. When it's discovered that the medicine belonged to another guest and the revealing photograph the Major was carrying is missing, Miss Marple realizes that the serial killer has struck again and more murders will follow.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Thriller Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-10-22
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The Doctor
1991-07-24
The Doctor
Overview: Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems.... until he is diagnosed with throat cancer. Now that he has seen medicine, hospitals, and doctors from a patient's perspective, he realises that there is more to being a doctor than surgery and prescriptions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-07-24
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Krippendorf's Tribe
1998-02-27
Krippendorf's Tribe
Overview: After squandering his grant money, despondent and recently widowed anthropologist James Krippendorf must produce hard evidence of the existence of a heretofore undiscovered New Guinea tribe. Grass skirts, makeup, and staged rituals transform his three troubled children into the Shelmikedmu, a primitive culture whose habits enthrall scholars. But when a spiteful rival threatens to blow the whistle on Krippendorf's ruse, he gets into the act as well.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-02-27
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Outbreak
1995-03-10
Outbreak
Overview: A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col. Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White House.
Genres: Action Drama Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-10
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The Island
1980-06-13
The Island
Overview: David Nau leads a band of modern day pirates who raid yachts and sail boats of people on vacation in the Caribbean. When reporter Blair Maynard and his son arrive to investigate the mystery of the disappearing boats, Nau and his band of raiders decide to induct them into their tribe.
Genres: Thriller Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-06-13
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The Serpent and the Rainbow
1988-02-05
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Overview: A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scientist enters the rarely seen netherworld of walking zombies, blood rites and ancient curses. Based on the true life experiences of Wade Davis and filmed on location in Haiti, it's a frightening excursion into black magic and the supernatural.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-05
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A Dry White Season
1989-09-20
A Dry White Season
Overview: During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-20
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Body Parts
1991-08-02
Body Parts
Overview: A criminal psychologist loses his arm in a car crash, and becomes one of three patients to have their missing limbs replaced by those belonging to an executed serial killer. One of them dies violently, and disturbing occurrences start happening to the surviving two.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-02
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Vampire in Brooklyn
1995-10-26
Vampire in Brooklyn
Overview: Detective Rita Veder is assigned to a baffling serial murder case. After examining the crime scene — a corpse-filled ship found adrift at sea — she meets Maximilian, a smooth-talking Caribbean playboy determined to romance her.
Genres: Comedy Horror Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-26
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Waterworld
1995-07-28
Waterworld
Overview: In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship. But the trio soon becomes the target of a menacing pirate who covets the map to 'Dryland'—which is tattooed on Enola's back.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-07-28
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Cry Freedom
1987-11-06
Cry Freedom
Overview: A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko, a courageous and outspoken black anti-apartheid activist.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-06
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Gross Anatomy
1989-10-20
Gross Anatomy
Overview: Joe Slovak is a brilliant first-year med student whose casual, nonconforming approach to life gets tested when he enrolls in Gross Anatomy, the toughest course in med school.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-20
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'Master Harold'... and the Boys
1985-01-01
'Master Harold'... and the Boys
Overview: When Harold, a young white man, learns that his alcoholic, handicapped father is returning home, his frustration turns into racist viciousness against the two black men who work for the family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Fragment of Fear
1970-09-03
Fragment of Fear
Overview: A reformed drug addict travels to Italy to find out who murdered his aunt.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-09-03
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The River Niger
1976-04-14
The River Niger
Overview: An intimate look at life in the ghetto: Johnny Williams is a house painter who moonlights as a poet, struggling to financially and emotionally support his cancer-ridden wife Mattie. But times are tough and the poverty-troubled streets are even tougher, and it takes every ounce of Johnny's love and courage for the couple to make it through their strife, finding redemption in the River Niger.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-04-14
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Dark Africa
1957-12-18
Dark Africa
Overview: South African Movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: af
Release Date: 1957-12-18
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Dilemma
1962-10-04
Dilemma
Overview: 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 about apartheid and so at first sees no contradiction in developing a relationship with an elite, upper-class white woman and with a woman dedicated to fighting apartheid. But as Toby makes friends with one of the black South Africans (Zaku Mokae), and as he registers both the subtle and more obvious, deep-seated racial prejudices of the minority white population, some of the truth of the oppression here begins to dawn. That is brought to a head when tragedy strikes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1962-10-04
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In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
1994-02-18
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
Overview: A documentary overview and ideological critique of the South African film industry and cinema's historical relationship with apartheid.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-02-18
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Jemima + Johnny
1966-09-26
Jemima + Johnny
Overview: A white boy and a black Jamaican girl have a day out in a city where racial hostility prevails.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-09-26
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Percy & Thunder
1993-09-07
Percy & Thunder
Overview: A veteran trainer takes a promising fighter under his wing and lives his dreams through his protégé.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-07
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The Comedians
1967-10-31
The Comedians
Overview: American and British tourists get caught up in political unrest in Haiti.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-10-31
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One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
1978-09-26
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
Overview: The true story of baseball star Ron LeFlore, from his days as a street-corner punk with no future to his days behind bars on a petty robbery conviction to his ultimate once-in-a-lifetime chance with the Detroit Tigers, where he became an outstanding baseball player.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-09-26
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Rise and Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story
1994-02-28
Rise and Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story
Overview: The true story of Dennis Byrd, his football career, his terrible accident, and his miraculous recovery and rehabilitation.
Genres: History Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-02-28
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Parker Kane
1990-08-05
Parker Kane
Overview: Parker Kane is a former Police Detective turned Private Investigator. When close friend Joey is murdered, leaving behind a briefcase full of money, Kane sets out to find out who was responsible. The trail of clues leads to a major scam involving illegal dumping of toxic waste.
Genres: Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-05
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Slaughter of the Innocents
1993-09-17
Slaughter of the Innocents
Overview: A seasoned FBI Agent's child-genius son assists him on catching a child-killer, a schizophrenic mohab nut who believes he's been chosen by god to be a new Noah.
Genres: Horror Action Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-17
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Darling
1965-08-03
Darling
Overview: The swinging London, early sixties. Beautiful but shallow, Diana Scott is a professional advertising model, a failed actress, a vocationally bored woman, who toys with the affections of several men while gaining fame and fortune.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-08-03
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A Rage in Harlem
1991-05-03
A Rage in Harlem
Overview: A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavoury characters, are on her trail. A pudgy momma's boy becomes the object of her affections and the unlikely hero of the tale.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-03
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