Southern African Films and Documentaries

Southern African Films and Documentaries

Villon Films


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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, …


Villon Films · 1990 English

Carolyn Hamilton is a South African anthropologist and historian. She was a professor of anthropology at the University of Witwatersrand. She was a member of the board of the South …


Villon Films · 1990 English

Henry Cele was a South African actor noted for his portrayal of the great Zulu Warrior King Shaka kaSenzangakhona in the South African television miniseries Shaka Zulu as well as …


Villon Films · 1988 English

Botswana: Where Manna Rains From Heaven looks at Africa, food and poverty.


Villon Films · 1988 English

Joseph Nong “Joe” Thloloe was born in 1942 in Orlando East, Soweto. A highly experienced journalist, Thloloe is a widely known and respected newsman who has contributed to the promotion …