Apartheid Movies

A rural teacher discovers the harsh realities of his South Africa.

"Tenth of a Second" is the account of one man's desperate attempt to fight the oppressive apartheid regime of South Africa. This political thriller...

When the remains of an apartheid-era policeman are discovered 60 years after he went missing, a retired singer revisits her past to help with the...

The dramatic untold story of 420,000 Cubans– soldiers and teachers, doctors and nurses– who gave everything to end colonial rule and...

The Burning is Stephen Frears’ first film, a chilling exploration of racial tensions in Apartheid-era South Africa. On a sweltering...

A South African librarian prepares for the return of the remains of his brother who died in exile.

Soraïda is a Palestinian woman living in Ramallah, in the occupied territories. In this city under siege and a strict curfew, she fights her own...

A young, emigrated, South African man comes back to South Africa to sell his mothers farm.

At the height of the cold war a struggle broke out between Governments from all over the world as to which position to take about the system of...

The secret history of the negotiations that led to Mandela's release from prison, the ANC becoming the government of South Africa, and the end of...

In 1980s Apartheid South Africa, a woman's tenuous relationship with her boyfriend is threatened by memories of a past lover, and the possibility of...

Who is Wouter Basson? Is this white South African just a respected cardiologist without any blood on his hands or on the contrary comparable to...

In 1948 a new schoolmaster with a Polish background arrives in a small South-African town and is confronted with the Apartheid regime.

Eugene de Kock, nicknamed "Prime Evil," was South Africa's most notorious government assassin under the apartheid regime. A highly decorated and...

Since its adoption in June 1955 by the Congress movement, the Freedom Charter has been the key political document that acted as a beacon and source...

I traveled to South Africa to find a white family living on a desolate farm. I wanted to film how they faced the new days of equality after the fall...

In Capetown, South Africa, in September 1966, Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid, was stabbed to death in Parliament. The...

The challenge of the "Truth and Reconciliation Commission" set up by Nelson Mandela in South Africa is to achieve a truly democratic society....

During apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s, two lovers -- a 16-year-old Caucasian girl and a 20-year-old African man -- meet a tragic end.