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BiographyJoe “Sdumo” Mafela
… Joe Mafela, actor, songwriter and film producer was born on 25 June in 1942 in Sibasa, Limpopo … Tshiawelo until 1990. Mafela had an illustrious career in…
BiographyLeleti Khumalo
… Whoopi Goldberg, Khumalo starred in Darrell James Roodt's film version of Sarafina! , distributed worldwide, and became the biggest film production to be…
What is the responsibility of the documentary film-maker? by Frank Meintjies
… What is the responsibility of the documentary film-maker? by Frank Meintjies …
BiographyHarold Rubin
… that was partially filmed on the exhibition. The film, entitled “A Magnificent Failure”, tells the story of … more than 4 decades of artistic creation in…
BiographyPaul Weinberg
… Later that year he started Afrascope, an anti-apartheid film and video unit. In 1991 many of the members including … to work as a photojournalist,…
BiographyJonas Mosa Gwangwa
… produced the musical score for Richard Attenborough film, Cry Freedom . The film was nominated for several awards, including an Oscar and …
Thomas Mogotlane (40), South African actor in Mapantsula, a landmark political and musical film, dies.
… actor in Mapantsula, a landmark political and musical film, dies. …
Thelma Gutsche, author, biographer and film critic, is born in Somerset West, Cape Province.
… Thelma Gutsche, author, biographer and film critic, is born in Somerset West, Cape Province. …
Leon Madakeni
… Leon Madakeni, star of the South African film Wanaka, a member of the African National Congress (ANC) …
BiographyShaleen Surtie-Richards
… Legendary stage, film, and television actress, Shaleen Surtie-Richards, was … through her appearances in various stage, television, and film productions…
BiographyMarlene van Niekerk
… was the first Afrikaans novel to win this prize. Also, its film adaptation, directed by Michael Raeburn, won the Best South African Film Award at the Durban…
BiographyClifford Bestall
… to hold a solo exhibition at the DAG in 1974. He is a film maker who lives in Cape Town. He is represented in the … Film maker …
BiographyMiriam Makeba
… King Kong (1959) cemented her reputation in the music industry both locally and abroad. She later married her King … Ilanga’ and ‘Saduva’), Makeba was…
BiographyWilliam Kentridge
… by his drawings. He also worked as a set designer for film productions and taught design printing until he moved to … “Ubu tells the Truth”, and “Steroscope”…
BiographyWinston Ntshona
… Act . Ntshona’s success in New York led to a series of film roles in the 1980s and 1990s. In 1978 he played the … politician), the subject of a rescue…
BiographyEsther Susanna Mentz
… Music Society. Mentz was also a pioneer in the Afrikaans film genre and in theatre. She died in 1986. … the Johannesburg Music Society, a pioneer in the…
BiographyCecil Williams
… Britain where he lived until his death in 1979. In 1998 a film about Williams titled ‘ The man who drove with Mandela’ … man that Williams was, very little…
BiographyNokuthula Orela Simelane
… but also theft. In 2006, 'Betrayal', a documentary film on the life and disappearance of Simelane was released … and broadcast on television. Directed by…
BiographyYvonne Bryceland
… in 1985, for this portrayal. She repeated the role in the film version of the play, as she did with her role in Boesman … A World Apart in 1988, which won a…
BiographyArthur David Bensusan
… filming the pre-accident scenes. He was awarded a Cannes Film Festival medal for his film 'Thatch Reflections'-the first South African to receive …
Londoners celebrate ten years of democracy with the first South African International film Festival (1-9 May), starting with ‘T
… of democracy with the first South African International film Festival (1-9 May), starting with ‘T …
BiographyBerni Searle
… She uses time-based media such as photography, video and film as a tool to capture her work with performative … and Memory’ at Constitution Hill, in…
BiographyRay Berman
… artist, Art director and Production designer in the film industry. However, he quickly found the world of film to be superficial and too commercial for his…
BiographyMpumelelo Paul “Cosmo” Grootboom
… the challenge of grooming Grootboom, teaching him to write film scripts. While under Langa’s wing, Grootboom was … with Presley Chweneyegae, lead actor in…
BiographyPieter Dirk-Uys
… UCT from 1965 to 1965 before going to study at the London Film School. During the 1970s and 1980s he was associated … 30 revues in the 40 years that he has…
BiographyBonisile John Kani
… and New York. In 2008 the play was turned into a feature film. Kani was awarded an honorary doctorate by the … of Cape Town. Kani was honoured with a South…
BiographyTimothy Peter Jenkin
… the Field of Humanitarian Service.[29][30] Books, TV and film In 1987, his book Escape from Pretoria , was published … scenes of the prison escape. [18] In…
BiographyPeter Hain
… 1989 he returned clandestinely to South Africa to film a documentary on rebel British cricket tour. …
BiographyGideon Mendel
… HIV and AIDS in Africa(edited by Chris Boot) Video/Film 2018 The Deluge five channel video installation … exhibition. Through Positive…
BiographyLeoni Marinovich
… Village of the Spirits, for SABC2 (2001), a 52 minute film on the Eritreain liberation struggle (yet to be …