A United Kingdom (
2016) | IMDb:
6.9
The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. Seretse and Ruth defied family, Apartheid and empire - their love triumphed over every obstacle flung in their path and in so doing they transformed their nation and inspired the world.
Starring:
David Oyelowo
,
Rosamund Pike
,
Tom Felton
,
Jack Davenport
,
Terry Pheto
,
Laura Carmichael
Directed by:
Amma Asante
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (
2013) | IMDb:
7.1
A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
Directed by:
Justin Chadwick
Goodbye Bafana (
2007) | IMDb:
7.1
The true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.
Starring:
Joseph Fiennes
,
Dennis Haysbert
,
Diane Kruger
,
Shiloh Henderson
,
Patrick Lyster
,
Norman Anstey
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
Tsotsi (
2005) | IMDb:
7.2
A young South African boy from the Johannesburg ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster, leaves home as a child to get away from his helpless parents. Now a teenage thug, Tsotsi finds a baby in the back seat of a car he's just stolen. He decides that it is his responsibility to care for the infant and in the process learns that maybe the criminal life isn’t the best way.
Starring:
Presley Chweneyagae
,
Jerry Mofokeng
,
Terry Pheto
,
Zenzo Ngqobe
,
Zola
,
Rapulana Seiphemo
Directed by:
Gavin Hood