John Kani Movies

According to the legend of the Shangaan, white lions are the messengers of the gods, but it has been years since one has been seen in their remote...

The time is the late '80s, a crucial period in the history of South Africa. President P.W. Botha is hanging on to power by a thread as the African...

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...

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

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

An Englishwoman travels to South Africa in 1906.

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

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...

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

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

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.

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 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...

South African drama set at a roadhouse in Apartheid.

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 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...

This version of August Strindberg's play from 1888 takes place in South Africa in the 1980s. The servant John is black and Miss Julie a white...

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