217 Films & TV Shows Set In South Africa
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Escape from Pretoria
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa The 1970sSurvival is key โ South Africa, 1978. Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, two white political activists from the African National Congress imprisoned by the apartheid regime, put a plan in motion to escape from the infamous Pretoria Prison.
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Moffie
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa The 1980sMoffie (a derogatory Afrikaans term for a gay man) follows the story of Nicholas van der Swart: from a very young age, he realises he is different. Try as he may, he cannot live up to the macho image expected of him by his family, by his heritage. Set during the South African border war against communism, this is a long-overdue story about the emotional and physical suffering endured by countless young men.
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My Octopus Teacher
๐ฟ๐ฆ South AfricaAfter years of swimming every day in the freezing ocean at the tip of Africa, Craig Foster meets an unlikely teacher: a young octopus who displays remarkable curiosity. Visiting her den and tracking her movements for months on end he eventually wins the animalโs trust and they develop a never-before-seen bond between human and wild animal.
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Deep Blue Sea 3
๐ฟ๐ฆ South AfricaDeadlier than ever. โ Dr. Emma Collins and her team are spending their third summer on the island of Little Happy studying the effect of climate change on the great white sharks who come to the nearby nursery every year to give birth. Along with the last two inhabitants of this former fishing village, their peaceful life is disrupted when a "scientific" team led by her ex-boyfriend and marine biologist Richard show up looking for three bull sharks who we soon learn aren't just any bull sharks.
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The Tree
๐ฟ๐ฆ South AfricaIn a small section of inner-city Cape Town, Chantal, a fugitive addict loses track of her child, Jona, when she leaves him behind all alone to turn one final trick. Dawid, a frustrated cop faces up to the demons from a traumatic childhood. Samiah, a young nurse clings to a disintegrating bubble of fantasy that shields her from facing life on lifeโs terms. Aphiwe, an up-and-coming art director in a crumbling relationship, is confronted by his fear of connection as he looks for salvation beyond his impenetrable personal boundaries. In a city wracked by conflict, contradiction and harsh battles for survival, the four main characters each discover surprising and profound truths about their purposes as human beings through their inextricable connections to others. Fear meets hope. Anger meets love. Loss meets meaning. One night, one city, four lives changed forever and bound together by the unblinking gaze of an innocent child.
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Holiday in the Wild
๐ฟ๐ฒ Zambia Africa - General ๐ฟ๐ฆ South AfricaA romance off the beaten path โ When her husband abruptly ends their marriage, empty nester Kate embarks on a solo second honeymoon in Africa, finding purpose and potential romance.
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3 Days to Go
๐ฟ๐ฆ South AfricaNo family is perfect โ The story of adult siblings who, after the sudden death of their father, are forced to return to their childhood home.
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Kandasamys: The Wedding
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa The 2010sSet in Chatsworth, Keeping up with the Kandasamys opens a window into the lifestyle and subculture of modern-day Indian South Africans; their aspirations, dreams and challenges. Shanti Naidoo and Jennifer Kandasamy are matriarchal rivals of neighbouring families, whose young adult children become romantically involved. And the last thing these two Chatsworth mothers need is to be related to one another! Well as much as they tried to keep their families apart it turned out weโre invited to the wedding!
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Living in Bondage: Breaking Free
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa ๐ณ๐ฌ NigeriaNnamdi Okeke son of Andy Okeke from Living In Bondage 1 is an ambitious young man who wants more out of life. Snag is, he canโt afford the kind of life he wants with.....
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The Forgiven
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa The 1990sRacist. Prisoner. Murderer. Child of God. โ After the end of Apartheid, Archbishop Desmond Tutu meets with a brutal murderer seeking redemption.
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Mia and the White Lion
๐ฟ๐ฆ South AfricaFriendship is the wildest adventure of all โ A young girl from London moves to Africa with her parents where she befriends a lion cub.
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The Harvesters
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa The 1970sSouth Africa, Free State region, isolated stronghold to the Afrikaans white ethnic minority culture. In this conservative farming territory obsessed with strength and masculinity, Janno is different, secretive, emotionally frail. One day his mother, fiercely religious, brings home Pieter, a hardened street orphan she wants to save, and asks Janno to make this stranger into his brother. The two boys start a fight for power, heritage and parental love.
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Shepherds and Butchers
๐ฟ๐ฆ South AfricaDeath Belongs To God Alone โ A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.
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Winnie
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa The 1950s The 1960s The 1970s The 1980sWhile her husband served a life sentence, paradoxically kept safe and morally uncontaminated, Winnie Mandela rode the raw violence of apartheid, fighting on the front line and underground. This is the untold story of the mysterious forces that combined to take her down, labeling him a saint, her, a sinner.
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Taking Earth
๐ฟ๐ฆ South AfricaThe human race is thrown into chaos as an alien invasion takes control of the planet in an effort to find one boy out of 7 billion people who holds the power to destroy them.
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Kalushi : The Story of Solomon Mahlangu
๐ฟ๐ฆ South AfricaThe Story of Solomon Mahlangu โ Solomon Mahlangu is a Mamelodi township schoolboy-hawker who, after the events of June 16th joins the military wing of the ANC to fight against the brutal oppression of the Apartheid regime and ends up becoming an icon of South Africa's liberation.
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Na Maloom Afraad 2
๐ฟ๐ฆ South AfricaAfter three hapless souls plan a big heist, things go hysterically wrong along the way.
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Bring It On: Worldwide #Cheersmack
๐ฟ๐ฆ South AfricaWhen Destiny, captain of three-time national champions "The Rebels," is challenged to a global cheer showdown by an edgy new team called "The Truth," the Cheer Goddess organizes a virtual battle for squads from all around the world. It seems like the whole world wants to take down Destiny and her team, and they just might succeed, unless Destiny can rise to the challenge, set her ego aside and figure out who her real friends are.
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24 Hours to Live
Florida ๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong ๐ฟ๐ฒ Zambia ๐ฟ๐ฆ South AfricaContracted to kill. Fighting to survive. โ An assassin seeks redemption after being given a second chance at life.
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10 Days In Sun City
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa ๐ณ๐ฌ NigeriaA potpourri of love, drama, passion and culture, "10 Days in Sun City" is a comedy-drama that sees Akpos on another โadventureโ, this time, to South Africa, with his girlfriend Bianca.
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Grimsby
England ๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa ๐จ๐ฑ ChileBehind every hero is an embarrassing sibling โ Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hooligan brother to save the world from a sinister plot.
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Honey 3: Dare to Dance
๐ฟ๐ฆ South AfricaWhile attending college in Cape Town, Melea Martin feels constrained by the school's strict policies, and decides to set out on her own. Searching for a way to use her talents as a dancer and inspire the community around her, Melea rents a failing theater in order to put on a Hip-Hop Romeo and Juliet performance. But much like the Capulets and Montagues, conflicts between cast members threaten to bring the whole performance to a halt...
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Mandela's Gun
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa The 1960sMANDELAS GUN is a political thriller, based on Mandelas African Odyssey.
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Happiness is a Four-Letter Word
๐ฟ๐ฆ South AfricaPerfectionist Nandi seems to have the New South African Dream life within her grasp, black female partner in a major firm, marriage, the perfect house - but it all goes up in flames a few months before the wedding. With her friends Zaza and Princess, Nandi will have to find out what truly makes her happy and then fight to get it.
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Avengers: Age of Ultron
New York England ๐ณ๐ด Norway ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa The 2010sA New Age Has Come. โ When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earthโs Mightiest Heroes are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for an epic and unique global adventure.
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