Southern African Films and Documentaries

Southern African Films and Documentaries

Villon Films


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Villon Films · 1987 English

Percy Mtwa and other actors discuss the making of their play Bopha! which is about family strife and loyalties during the 1970-1980 troubles. It tells the story of a son, …


Villon Films · 1950 English

This film is a series of musical numbers with an all Black cast, often relying on American Hollywood stereotypes of the Black entertainer. It has everything from Broadway top hat …


Villon Films · 1949 English

African Jim is South Africa's first feature film aimed largely at a black audience, starring township musicians, and introducing the incomparable Dolly Rathebe. Using musicians from the townships, the film …


Villon Films · 1938 English

This feature film is the history of the Afrikanerdom according to Afrikaner Nationalists. It traces the arrival of the Dutch in Southern Africa, through the Great Trek and the defeat …


Villon Films · 1927 English

Dramatic feature (silent film). A first look at Zulu life in South Africa. In 1927, an Italian film crew landed in South Africa intending to make a film about a …


Villon Films · 1916 English

Dramatic feature of the Great Trek and Battle of Blood River. This feature film from 1916 tells the story of South Africa’s Boer pioneers in their epic trek across southern …


Villon Films · 1915 English

4 early silent short films: THE ZULU’S HEART (1908), RASTUS IN ZULULAND (1910), and THE KAFFIR’S GRATITUDE (1916), SINS OF ROSANNE (incomplete) (1920)