Winston Ntshona
Biography: Winston Ntshona (6 October 1941 – 2 August 2018) was a South African playwright and actor. He won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1975. Description above from the Wikipedia article Winston Ntshona, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 06, 1941
Deathday: August 02, 2018
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The Dogs of War
1980-12-17
The Dogs of War
Overview: Mercenary soldiers Jamie and Drew are hired by a large corporation to liberate Zangaro, a small African nation, from an iron-fisted despot. Once there, Jamie ends up in jail. After being brutally tortured, he is assisted by political prisoner Dr. Okoye and learns more about the plight of the country's people. After Jamie is freed, he becomes disillusioned with his wealthy employers and joins the Zangaro people on the revolutionary front.
Genres: Thriller Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-17
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Marigolds in August
1980-12-31
Marigolds in August
Overview: Marigolds in August was written by Athol Fugard, who in the early 1980s was South Africa's most celebrated playwright. Fugard's intense political opinions were enough for the USSR to object to Marigolds being shown in the 1980 Berlin Festival, but the objections were dropped when it was learned that Fugard had already built up a strong fan following in Eastern Europe (for various reasons, the film was not released in the US until 1984). Winston Ntshona stars as a black South African gardener who travels by foot into the white community looking for a job. Upon arriving, Ntshona discovers that another black, John Kani, may have been hired for that job. Ntshoa ruins the chances for himself and Kani by accusing the other man of planning a theft. Both men are eventually hired by a fellow outcast, a white poacher (played by Anthol Fugard himself). The message would seem to be that if the have-nots of the world stick together, it matters little how badly they're treated by the "haves."
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-31
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The Wild Geese
1978-06-28
The Wild Geese
Overview: A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader who is also critically ill and due for execution. Just when the team has performed a perfect rescue, the multinational does a deal with the vicious dictator leaving the mercenary band to escape under their own steam and exact revenge.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-06-28
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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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A Sizwe Bansi Workshop
1981-01-01
A Sizwe Bansi Workshop
Overview: 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 for his family. This film places the viewer in the discussions between the writers of the play: Athol Fugard, John Kani and Winston Ntshona as they attempt to explain and re-write the play.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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The Power of One
1992-03-27
The Power of One
Overview: PK, an English orphan terrorized for his family's political beliefs in Africa, turns to his only friend, a kindly world-wise prisoner, Geel Piet. Geel teaches him how to box with the motto “fight with your fists and lead with your heart”. As he grows to manhood, PK uses these words to take on the system and the injustices he sees around him - and finds that one person really can make a difference.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-03-27
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Tarzan and the Lost City
1998-04-24
Tarzan and the Lost City
Overview: Tarzan returns to his homeland of Africa to save his home from destruction.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-04-24
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I Dreamed of Africa
2000-05-05
I Dreamed of Africa
Overview: Inspired by the true story of indomitable Kuki Gallmann, the film tells of a beautiful and inquisitive woman who had the courage to escape from her comfortable yet monotonous life in Italy to start anew in the African wilderness with her son, Emanuele, and her new husband, Paolo. Gallmann faces great danger there but eventually becomes a celebrated conservationist.
Genres: Romance Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-05
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Malunde
2001-09-12
Malunde
Overview: Post-apartheid South Africa is the setting for this drama about a mismatched twosome who end up together on a life-altering journey to Cape Town. Polar opposites Kobus (Ian Roberts), a white ex-soldier who struggles with demons from his past, and Wonderboy (Kagiso Mtetwa), a young black street kid who clings to memories of his family, come together to take on the society that has cast them aside and eventually build a friendship for the ages.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-12
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The Air Up There
1994-01-07
The Air Up There
Overview: Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find. He ends up deep in Africa, hoping to recruit Saleh, a huge basketball prodigy Jimmy glimpsed in a home movie. But Saleh is the chief's son and has responsibilities at home, since the tribe's land is threatened by a mining company with its own hotshot basketball team.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-07
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The Storekeeper
1998-03-06
The Storekeeper
Overview: An elderly man owns a small, isolated general store, somewhere in rural South Africa. After suffering a series of burglaries, which culminate in the murder of a night-watchman, the Storekeeper finally takes the law into his own hands - with tragic consequences.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-06
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Gandhi
1982-12-01
Gandhi
Overview: In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-01
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Night of the Cyclone
1991-01-28
Night of the Cyclone
Overview: A big city police lieutenant travels to the tropics to find his daughter, who he finds involved with a very suspicious artist.
Genres: Drama Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-28
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The Stick
1988-08-23
The Stick
Overview: A squad (stick) of South African soldiers is sent into the bush to track down some rebel fighters when things take a supernatural turn.
Genres: Horror War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-08-23
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Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
2012-05-28
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
Overview: Director Tony Palmer tells the incredible life story of Athol Fugard, the prolific playwright, novelist, and director who exposed the horrors of South Africa's apartheid system for the entire world to see. Interviews with Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela, Yvonne Bryceland and others help to illuminate Fugard's remarkable legacy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-28
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Ashanti
1979-02-21
Ashanti
Overview: Dr. Anansa Linderby is kidnapped in a medical mission in Africa by a slave trader. From this moment, her husband will do anything to recover her and to punish the bad guys, but that will be not an easy task.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-02-21
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Sizwe Bansi is Dead
1974-03-13
Sizwe Bansi is Dead
Overview: Two Black South Africans discover what it means to lose their passbooks, which they must carry yo prove their identity during the apartheid era
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-13
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