Southern African Films and Documentaries

Southern African Films and Documentaries

Villon Films


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Villon Films · 2005 English

Father Paul Singleton fought against the controversial forced Sophiatown removals in the 1950's. Singleton was a keen photographer and captured many images of the Sophiatown removals. His photographs were used …


Villon Films · 1992 English

John Matshikiza was a South African actor, theatre director, poet and journalist. This interview is part of a series of unedited interviews with South African (and some American) writers, journalists …


Villon Films · 1992 English

John Kennedy Marshall was an American anthropologist and acclaimed documentary filmmaker best known for his work in Namibia recording the lives of the Juǀʼhoansi (also called the !Kung Bushmen). This …


Villon Films · 1990 English

Robert Van Der Merwe was a film director in studio. This interview is part of a series of unedited interviews with South African (and some American) writers, journalists and activists …


Villon Films · 1990 English

The ANC activist, released from prison, talks about his life, and meets old comrades.


Villon Films · 1990 English

During the darkest days of apartheid, Ken Gampu, who died in 2003, became the first black South African film star, and an inspiration to a generation of black South African …


Villon Films · 1990 English

Gibson Kente was a South African playwright, composer, director and producer based in Soweto. He was known as the Father of Black Theatre in South Africa, and was one of …


Villon Films · 1990 English

André Brink was a South African novelist, essayist, and poet. He was a key figure in the significant Afrikaans literary movement known as Die Sestigers ("The Sixty-ers"). These writers sought …


Villon Films · 1990 English

Bill Faure was a South African film director and writer, best known for writing and directing Shaka Zulu, a 1986 television mini series. The show still has a massive following …


Villon Films · 1990 English

Cinema owner and projectionist, Johannesburg. This interview is part of a series of unedited interviews with South African (and some American) writers, journalists and activists made in the late ‘80s, …