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1) Tsotsi
Author
Language
Zulu
Description
On the edges of Johannesburg, Tsotsi's life has no meaning beyond survival. One night, in desperation, Tsotsi steals a woman's car. But as he is driving off, he makes a shocking discovery in the backseat. In one moment his life takes a sharp turn and leads him down an unexpected path to redemption...giving him hope for a future he never could have imagined.
2) Nakom
Author
Language
Zulu
Description
Upon his father's sudden death, a talented medical student must return to his home village in Ghana to fight for his family's survival.
3) Lokoza
Language
Zulu
Description
In the Durban South Basin, Themba, a boy in his early adolescence, lives with his father near to the local oil refinery. He’s secretly in love with Khanya, who has been his best friend for years. Khanya has a new boyfriend, KG, a truck driver who promises her a safe future. The more their relationship grows, the more Themba must fight to get her back, until he goes one step too far. Premiered at Cannes Directors' Fortnight and selected at Clermont-Ferrand...
Author
Language
Zulu
Description
Atang Mokoenya is an unemployed, aimless young man who spends his days idling in the slums of Johannesburg. When his father dies, Atang must give up his selfish ways and fulfill his father's humble last wishes: to be buried in the rural mountain kingdom of Lesotho, the country they left 15 years earlier in hopes of a better life.
5) Munyurangabo
Author
Language
Zulu
Description
After stealing a machete from a market in Kigali, Munyurangabo and his friend, Sangwa, leave the city on a journey tied to their pasts. Munyurangabo wants justice for his parents who were killed in the genocide, and Sangwa wants to visit the home he deserted years ago. Though they plan to visit Sangwa's home for just a few hours, the boys stay for several days. From two separate tribes, their friendship is tested when Sangwa's wary parents disapprove...
Author
Language
Zulu
Description
A successful young businessman, Basson, has to get to Cape Town in five days for his father's funeral. In order to inherit the family's company he has to complete certain tasks that his father assigned to him in his will. His journey didn't start well and on his first stop he loses his car and he must accept the help of the free-spirited young woman, Amory. He soon realizes that without Amory's help he will never get to Cape Town in time. But he also...
7) Yesterday
Language
Zulu
Description
After falling ill, Yesterday learns that she is HIV positive. With her husband in denial and a young daughter to tend to, Yesterday's one goal is to live long enough to see her child go to school. Set against the awesome, harsh landscapes of South Africa.
8) Lucky
Series
Language
Zulu
Appears on list
Description
A 10-year-old South African orphan leaves his Zulu village to make his own life in the city, only to find no one will help him, except a formidable Indian woman.
Language
Zulu
Description
In this conservative farming territory obsessed with strength and masculinity, Janno is different, secretive, and emotionally frail. One day his mother, fiercly religious, brings home Pieter, a hardened street orphan she wants to save, and asks Janno to make this stranger into his brother.
10) Faceless man
Series
Language
Zulu
Description
When an innocent man gets roped into an assassination plot, he ends up working with police to bring the lead conspirator to justice, and then some. A cat and mouse game ensues as a notorious criminal known only as the "Faceless Man" is found to be among the police on the case.
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