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Original South Africa

By moviejourneys On February 17, 2014 · Add Comment · In Africa, South Africa
Cry, The Beloved Country  (1951/95) The novel by Alan Paton is one I meant to read when I was younger but it was already old and I never got around to it.  The movie came out when I was not yet ten and I missed a generation’s early knowledge of the situation in South Africa.  [...]
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The Zulu Movies

By moviejourneys On February 16, 2014 · Add Comment · In Africa, South Africa
Not much is known in the West of tribal life in South Africa, except when it is noted that Nelson Mandela was born among the Thembu people, in the royal Madiba clan. In later years he was known to  friends as “Madiba.” The best known of the native peoples of South Africa are the Zulus, whose resistance [...]
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Nelson Mandela Movies

By moviejourneys On February 15, 2014 · Add Comment · In Africa, South Africa
Nelson Mandela’s life spanned and all the stages of South African history through the 20th century. Of the various portrayals of Mandela on film, this one is most surprising for its believability. Mandela and de Klerk  (1997) “I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination.”  Sidney Poitier opens the film with [...]
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Movies About Post -Apartheid South Africa

By moviejourneys On February 9, 2014 · Add Comment · In Africa, South Africa
Cry, The Beloved Country  (1951/95) The novel by Alan Paton is one I meant to read when I was younger but it was already old and I never got around to it.  The movie came out when I was not yet ten and I missed a generation’s early knowledge of the situation in South Africa.  [...]
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Sarafina! (1992)

By moviejourneys On February 9, 2014 · Add Comment · In Africa, South Africa
Based on a South African stage musical and filmed in Soweto.   Whoopi Goldberg shares top billing with Miriam Makeba.  The creative force behind this work is Mbongeni Ngema.  It opens with a group boys running through the night to burn a schoolroom.  In the morning, Sarafina is getting ready for school.  There are pictures [...]
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