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Cry, the Beloved Country

Cry, the Beloved Country

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Film Age rating: 6 Year: 1951 IMDB Rating: 7

In the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo journeys to the city to search for his missing son, only to find his people living in squalor and his son a criminal. Reverend Misima...

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A Dry White Season

A Dry White Season

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 1989 IMDB Rating: 7

During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.

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Red Dust

Red Dust

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 2004 IMDB Rating: 6.8

Sarah Barcant, a lawyer in New York City who grew up in South Africa, returns to her childhood dwelling place to intercede for Alex Mpondo, a Black South African politician who was tortured during apa...

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The Mercenaries

The Mercenaries

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Film Age rating: 14 Year: 1968 IMDB Rating: 6.8

A band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through war-torn Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to steal $50 million in uncut diamonds. But infighting, sadistic rebels and a tim...

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Spud

Spud

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Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2010 IMDB Rating: 6.6

It's South Africa 1990. Two major events are about to happen: The release of Nelson Mandela and, more importantly, it's Spud Milton's first year at an elite boys only private boarding school. John Mil...

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Disgrace

Disgrace

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 2008 IMDB Rating: 6.5

Disgrace is the story of a South African professor of English who loses everything: his reputation, his job, his peace of mind, his good looks, his dreams of artistic success, and finally even his abi...

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Shout at the Devil

Shout at the Devil

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1976 IMDB Rating: 6.1

During World War One an English adventurer, an American elephant poacher and the latter's attractive young daughter, set out to destroy a German battle-cruiser which is awaiting repairs in an inlet ju...

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Venom

Venom

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Film Age rating: 14 Year: 1981 IMDB Rating: 5.8

International terrorists attempt to kidnap a wealthy couple's child. Their plan comes unstuck when a deadly Black Mamba, sent by mistake instead of a harmless snake, escapes and the terrorists and sev...

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Gold

Gold

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Film Age rating: 14 Year: 1974 IMDB Rating: 5.7

Rod Slater is the newly appointed general manager of the Sonderditch gold mine, but he stumbles across an ingenious plot to flood the mine, by drilling into an underground lake, so the unscrupulous ow...

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Spud 3: Learning to Fly

Spud 3: Learning to Fly

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 2014 IMDB Rating: 5.7

As Spud Milton continues his awkward stagger through adolescence, he learns one of life's most important lessons: When dealing with women and cretins, nothing is ever quite as it seems. "I'm practical...

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