John Kani Movies

It's a jungle out there. That's how we meet our lead character Jack. It's been five years since he's seen his partner and best friend Twala. Jack did...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

An Englishwoman travels to South Africa in 1906.

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

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

George, a black South African, finds it hard to settle down in London after his experiences in South Africa.

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

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...

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