Favorite South African Films

A comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries.

A story of love and friendship set against the violence of Apartheid in South Africa. It is a story of the ups and downs of the lives of the three main characters, and how their lives intersect over the years.

A historical account on the life of the Zulu King Shaka.

Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.

An English boy, living in Africa during World War II, through his boxing prowess, becomes a symbol of hope, in a time of war.

After falling ill, Yesterday learns that she is HIV positive. With her husband in denial and young daughter to tend to, Yesterday's one goal is to live long enough to see her child go to school.

The life and career of Andre Stander, a South African police officer turned bank robber.

An elderly woman and her assistant Malgas create sculptures in her remote backyard, rejecting apartheid's constraints. Her desert property becomes an artistic sanctuary. Based on true events.

When the chips are down and everything seems lost, it's good to have a best friend.

A coloured woman in South Africa finds a white baby on her doorstep and raises him as her own. Nine years later, he is discovered and taken away.