Sub-Saharan Africa · Post-apartheid stories and global voices
Cinema of South Africa
29 films · 22 directors · 1980 to 2026
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Tsotsi
A young South African boy from the Johannesburg ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster, leaves home as a child to get away from his helpless parents. Now a teenage thug, Tsotsi finds a baby in the back seat of a car he's just stolen.
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Defining films
Tsotsi
The Wound
My Octopus Teacher
Dredd
The Gods Must Be Crazy
The Gods Must Be Crazy II
Redeeming Love
Duma
Yesterday
Mia and the White Lion
The World Unseen
The Visual Bible: Matthew
Faith Like Potatoes
Detour
I Am All Girls
This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
Pangolin: Kulu's Journey
Spud
Spud 2: The Madness Continues
The Mangler
Rogue
Manodrome
Avenged
Buried Alive
