Bopha! 1993  PG-13, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Morgan Freeman
Cast: Danny Glover, Malcolm McDowell, Alfre Woodard, Marius Weyers, Maynard Eziashi, Malick Bowens, Fidelis Cheza, Eric Miyeni, Robin Smith, Eric Nobbs
Political unrest in South Africa, with its apartheid conflicts in the 1980s, is the setting for this insightful film. The generation gap between father and son results in tragedy when the son can no longer accept apartheid practices in his country.
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Cry, the Beloved Country 1995  PG, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Darrell James Roodt
Cast: James Earl Jones, Richard Harris, Vusi Kunene, Leleti Khumalo, Charles S. Dutton, Eric Miyeni, Tsholofelo Wechoemang, Dolly Rathebe, Ramalao Makhene, Jack Robinson, John Whiteley, Jennifer Steyn
Apartheid in South Africa is the subject of this film based on Alan Paton's novel. Two fathers, Reverend Stephen Kumalo (James Earl Jones) and a racist landowner James Jarvis (Richard Harris), deal with tragedy and find some common ground.
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Dangerous Ground 1997  R, 92 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Darrell James Roodt
Cast: Ice Cube, Elizabeth Hurley, Ving Rhames, Eric Miyeni, Sechaba Morojele, Greg Latter, Thokozani Nkosi, Ron Smerczak, Wilson Dunster, Peter Kubheka
Filmed in South Africa, this is the story of Vusi (Ice Cube) who has returned home for his father's funeral. Culture shock greets him immediately and continues when he travels to Johannesburg in search of his missing brother who is involved in the world of crime and drugs. In the process, he learns that the end of apartheid has not improved the lives of all Black men.
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| 1. Bopha! (1993)
2. Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
3. Dangerous Ground (1997)
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