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BiographyPeter McKenzie
… December 1998. His next big project was a documentary film and exhibition entitled “Vying Porzy” (meaning Going … Will Separate Us) produced in Bern,…
BiographyBilly Paddock
… reflecting on his position and was considering working in industry. One of a very small group of conscientious … missiles rained down on him. On one…
The first Oscar nomination for a South African film, Yesterday, a drama about a woman in a rural village who discovers she is H
… The first Oscar nomination for a South African film, Yesterday, a drama about a woman in a rural village who …
BiographyYazeed Kamaldien
… with moving visuals, combining words and pictures in film. I'm really interested in progressing my storytelling to …
Zubeida Vallie
Zubeida Vallie was born in 1963 in Newlands, Cape Town from which she and her family were forcibly removed under the Group Areas Act. She is a graduate of…
BiographyCynthia Shange
… Shange, resulting in her role in SA’s first black feature film, Udeliwe , alongside co-star Joe Mafela. Udeliwe tells …
BiographyJohn Hodgkiss
… but he was in a class of his own and he had a feeling for film [photography].” John Hodgkiss died of natural causes in …
BiographyChris Ledochowski
… where he co-founded Afrascope, an alternative documentary film unit based in Khotso House. The unit’s objective was to … the townships and squatter camps. He…
BiographyNicholas Hlobo
… originally planning to study art in order to work in the film industry, Hlobo decided to pursue a career as a visual artist …
The SA film Tsotsi, starring young actors Presley Chweneyagae and Terry Pheto and directed by Gavin Woods, receives the Oscar f
… The SA film Tsotsi, starring young actors Presley Chweneyagae and …
Pierre Stephanus de Wet, SA actor, producer and pioneer of Afrikaans sound films, is born in Pretoria. African Film Product
… of Afrikaans sound films, is born in Pretoria. African Film Product …
BiographyLetta Mbulu
… with the likes of Michael Jackson. She also acted in the film Roots for which she received an Emmy award. Her other …
BiographyLesley Lawson
… from David’s workshop – set out to document the funeral in film and still images. This group was informal and included … a full-time freelance photographer,…
BiographyBill Flynn
… in the drama series Jozi Streets, among many others. His film writing also won him a Best Screenplay award for his …
BiographyTu Nokwe
… , returned to act as Shaka’s wife. After this stint in film, she left for New York where she studied music at the …
BiographyVictor Mhleli Ntoni
… Jarre engaged Ntoni to record music for the Lee Marvin film “Shout at the Devil”. When internationally acclaimed …
BiographyAndré Philippus Brink
… activist was also banned. This novel was turned into a film starring actors such as Donald Sutherland, Thoko …
The Board of Censors prohibits the screening of the controversial film on the life of Christ, The Last Temptation of Christ.
… of Censors prohibits the screening of the controversial film on the life of Christ, The Last Temptation of Christ. …
EventThe Board of Censors prohibits the screening of the controversial film on the life of Christ, The Last Temptation of Christ
… of Censors prohibits the screening of the controversial film on the life of Christ, The Last Temptation of Christ …
The Auditor-General’s report for the financial year 1989/90 reveals multi-million rand frauds and irregularities in the film in
… multi-million rand frauds and irregularities in the film in …
BiographyJohn Matshikiza
… In the 1980s he began to develop a reputation both as a film actor and as a lyrical poet. One of Matshikiza earliest … 1991 and immediately began writing and…
BiographyLewis Nkosi
… with Lionel Rogosin and William “Bloke” Modisane for the film Come Back, Africa in 1960. Nkosi lived in various …
BiographyRissik Haribhai "Barney" Desai
… about Abdullah Haron,and is the subject of a biography film,Born Into Struggle (2004)by his son,Rehad Desai. …
BiographyJimi Matthews
… he was given a bursary to study filmmaking at the London Film School, where he stayed until returning to South Africa …
BiographyRenfrew Leslie Christie
… student uprising ). He then made a full-length documentary film on Apartheid in August 1977. He wrote his doctoral …
News 24 reports that South African actor Antony Coleman has won the award for best actor in a feature film for his performance
… Coleman has won the award for best actor in a feature film for his performance …
BiographyNokugcina Elsie Mhlophe
… for the public in Durban as part of the African Union Film Festival, July 2002. Her work has contributed in …
BiographyNtongela Masilela
… the University of Nairobi. He studied further (at the Lodz Film School in Lodz, Poland) and later taught at the … cinema with Dr Isabel Balseiro titled To…
The Citizen reports that the film, Cry Freedom, based on the life and death of Steve Biko was banned by the Bophuthatswana and
… The Citizen reports that the film, Cry Freedom, based on the life and death of Steve Biko …
Calvin Thusago, a reporter for SABC is stabbed to death by a mob of youths as they travel back from Sharpeville to film the des
… by a mob of youths as they travel back from Sharpeville to film the des …