John Kani Movies

The indoctrination of Gerrit Wolfaardt is complete: his family traditions, history, culture- even his church-have taught him that black South...

An MBA goes to Africa to make a deal, but comes out with a Princess.

A South African librarian prepares for the return of the remains of his brother who died in exile.

True story of a man who believes God owns the earth and land cannot be owned by anyone, therefore he's at liberty to build his church on ground...

In the late 19th century, Lord Tichborne, the ninth richest nobleman in England, disappears after a South American shipwreck. Some years later his...

A documentary overview and ideological critique of the South African film industry and cinema's historical relationship with apartheid.

Beyond the Light Barrier is the autobiographical true story of Elizabeth Klarer, a South African woman, and Akon, an astrophysicist from Meton, a...

When everything about you falls one man decides that theatre is the key, and the way to begin to unify a people. A film about the life and times of...

Kini and Adams are two friends leaving in a Zimbabwe village who dream of repairing an old broken car, and moving to the city and starting life over.

Marigolds in August was written by Athol Fugard, who in the early 1980s was South Africa's most celebrated playwright. Fugard's intense political...

The play, Sizwe Bansi is Dead, follows the main character, Sizwe, as he writes to his wife after an unsuccessful search for a new job and better life...

An American couple moves to Johannesburg after Nelson Mandela is elected president.

Melody returns to her old home to Fairlands the funeral of their daughter, June to attend. But Melody not recognize their city regains because it is...

Set in Zululand South Africa three Zulu men must re-awaken sleeping demons when Mpiyakhe, now a successful Johannesburg businessman, returns home....

As South Africa celebrates its 20th anniversary of the advent of democracy in 1994, it is difficult to believe the ‘Mandela miracle’...

Two Black South Africans discover what it means to lose their passbooks, which they must carry yo prove their identity during the apartheid era

The early life of Roman ruler Julius Caesar as told in three working prisons in South Africa, the UK and Canada. A small group of professional actors...

South African drama set at a roadhouse in Apartheid.

An Englishwoman travels to South Africa in 1906.

After 400 years Shakespeare's great tragedy still has strong social and political relevance, and this celebrated production by leading actress and...