Follows the deterioration of an Afrikaner family isolated and shunned in the small community of Toorwater. Read More »
Tag Archives: South Africa
Traitors (2012) Verraaiers – Paul Eilers
During the Boer War in South Africa, upon hearing that the British are planning a scorched earth policy Read More »
Nightslave (1988) John H. Parr, Denis Smith, Claudia Udy, Phillip Wolfaardt
Enter the bizarre world of Thraxton Hall, where Jarvis, Lord of the Manor, indulges in his wildest, darkest fantasies! Read More »
Beauty / Skoonheid (2011) Oliver Hermanus, Deon Lotz, Charlie Keegan, Michelle Scott
Portrait of a closeted gay husband/father living a life of quiet middle-aged desperation who becomes fixated Read More »
The Endless River (2015) Oliver Hermanus, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Crystal-Donna Roberts, Clayton Evertson
Gilles and Tiny are both mourning recent deaths. Their grief unites them but hiding beneath the grief are darker shadows that connect their losses. Read More »
U-Carmen eKhayelitsha (2005) Mark Dornford-May, Pauline Malefane, Andile Tshoni, Lungelwa Blou
A version of Georges Bizet’s Carmen, set in a modern-day South African township. Read More »
Tug of War (2021) Amil Shivji
A rebellious young revolutionary becomes involved with a young Indian-Zanzibari girl escaping an oppressive arranged marriage. Read More »
Necktie Youth (2015) Sibs Shongwe-La Mer
Emily, Jabz, September, Nikki, Tanya, Matty, Tali and Rashi. Black and whites South Africans Read More »
Yesterday (2004) Darrell Roodt, Leleti Khumalo
After falling ill, Yesterday learns that she is HIV positive. With her husband in denial and young daughter Read More »
Mapantsula (1988) Oliver Schmitz
Mapantsula tells the story of Panic, a petty gangster who inevitably becomes caught Read More »