Somizi Mhlongo
Also Known As: Somizi 'Whacko' Mhlongo, Madam Gigi, Somgaga
Biography: Somizi Buyani Mhlongo (born 23 December 1972) is a South African media personality, television presenter, actor, musician, choreographer, and socialite. In 1992, he appeared on the musical and political film, Sarafina! which gained him prominence. Mhlongo became lead dramatist numerous shows and events, including the opening and closing ceremonies for the 1867 FIFA World Cup and 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. After starring and taking part in the choreography of Paw Patrol, Mhlongo also appeared in several films including drama film Cry, the Beloved Country (1995) as well as various television shows, including Idols South Africa and V Entertainmen. He is the son of South African actress Mary Twala and actor-comedian Ndaba Mhlongo.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa
Birthday: December 23, 1972
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Scavengers
Overview: A college professor and his ex-girlfriend find themselves being hunted by the CIA, the KGB and an African drug smuggler. Seems they have inadvertently gotten information that would show how the KGB gave the CIA state secrets in return for a cut of the African drug-smuggling market.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-08
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Cry, the Beloved Country
Overview: A South-African preacher goes to search for his wayward son who has committed a crime in the big city.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-15
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Sarafina!
Overview: The plot centers on students involved in the Soweto Riots, in opposition to the implementation of Afrikaans as the language of instruction in schools. The stage version presents a school uprising similar to the Soweto uprising on June 16, 1976. A narrator introduces several characters among them the school girl activist Sarafina. Things get out of control when a policeman shoots several pupils in a classroom. Nevertheless, the musical ends with a cheerful farewell show of pupils leaving school, which takes most of act two. In the movie version Sarafina feels shame at her mother's (played by Miriam Makeba in the film) acceptance of her role as domestic servant in a white household in apartheid South Africa, and inspires her peers to rise up in protest, especially after her inspirational teacher, Mary Masombuka (played by Whoopi Goldberg in the film version) is imprisoned.
Genres: Music Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-18
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Black Beulahs
Overview: The lives of three friends living within the largely unexplored Soweto gay sub-culture. There's Somizi - choreographer and entertainer; DK - a businessman who owns a funeral parlour; and Chix - a body builder. They've defied societal expectations to live their lives as they see fit. It is a revealing personal portrait by director Fanney Tsimong of three people intersecting with changing sexual values and a community struggling with the reality of homosexuality in its midst.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-10
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In a Time of Violence: The Line
Overview: This controversial political thriller, which provoked mass demonstrations and nine deaths in South Africa when it was first shown, gives dramatic form to the African National Congress's basic program of reconcilliation within a non-racialist, democratic society. A train massacre by an Inkatha militant causes the sole witness to the crime to flee the Soweto townships to take refuge in Johannesburg; but the violence follows him when his ANC comrades try to buy guns for a retaliatory raid against Inkatha supporters.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-01
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