Blood Diamond (
2006) | IMDb:
8
An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.
Starring:
Leonardo DiCaprio
,
Djimon Hounsou
,
Jennifer Connelly
,
Kagiso Kuypers
,
Arnold Vosloo
,
Antony Coleman
Catch a Fire (
2006) | IMDb:
6.7
The true story of anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, and particularly the life of Patrick Chamusso, a timid foreman at Secunda CTL, the largest synthetic fuel plant in the world. Patrick is wrongly accused, imprisoned and tortured for an attempt to bomb the plant, with the injustice transforming the apolitical worker into a radicalised insurgent, who then carries out his own successful sabotage mission.
Starring:
Tim Robbins
,
Derek Luke
,
Bonnie Mbuli
,
Mncedisi Shabangu
,
Tumisho Masha
,
Sithembiso Khumalo
Directed by:
Phillip Noyce
Stander (
2003) | IMDb:
7.1
The life and career of Andre Stander, a South African police officer turned bank robber.
Starring:
Thomas Jane
,
Dexter Fletcher
,
David O'Hara
,
Deborah Kara Unger
,
Ashley Taylor
,
Marius Weyers
Bopha! (
1993) | IMDb:
6.5
In this story of a black policeman during South African apartheid, Danny Glover plays the cop, who believes he's trying to help his people, even while serving as a pawn of the racist government. When his son gets involved in the anti-apartheid movement, he finds himself torn between his family and what he believes is his duty.
Starring:
Danny Glover
,
Malcolm McDowell
,
Alfre Woodard
,
Marius Weyers
,
Maynard Eziashi
,
Malick Bowens
Directed by:
Morgan Freeman
Produced by:
Lawrence N. Taubman
The Power of One (
1992) | IMDb:
7.1
PK, an English orphan terrorized for his family's political beliefs in Africa, turns to his only friend, a kindly world-wise prisoner, Geel Piet. Geel teaches him how to box with the motto “fight with your fists and lead with your heart”. As he grows to manhood, PK uses these words to take on the system and the injustices he sees around him - and finds that one person really can make a difference.
Starring:
Morgan Freeman
,
Stephen Dorff
,
Simon Fenton
,
Guy Witcher
,
Armin Mueller-Stahl
,
Alois Moyo
Farewell to the King (
1989) | IMDb:
6.2
An American soldier who escapes the execution of his comrades by Japanese soldiers in Borneo during WWII becomes the leader of a personal empire among the headhunters in this war story told in the style of Joseph Conrad and Rudyard Kipling. The American is reluctant to rejoin the fight against the Japanese on the urging of a British commando team but conducts a war of vengeance when the Japanese attack his adopted people.
DeepStar Six (
1989) | IMDb:
5.3
The crew of an experimental underwater nuclear base are forced to struggle for their lives when their explorations disturb a creature who threatens to destroy their base.
Gandhi (
1982) | IMDb:
8
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
The Gods Must Be Crazy (
1980) | IMDb:
7.3
A Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe of African bushmen who believe it to be a utensil of the gods.