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  • Catch A Fire (2006)
    A black South African is radicalised after being wrongfully arrested under the Apartheid regime.
  • Goodbye Bafana (2007)
    Review preview for Goodbye Bafana

    What, you may ask, was Mandela thinking, after being isolated, chained and humiliated for a third of his lifetime? You won't find any answers here.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Nelson Mandela's prison guard tells his story.
  • Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom (2013)
    Review preview for Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom

    The film touches the corners of the envelope without revealing what is inside.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Biopic of political prisoner who went on to be the first democratically elected South African president
  • Tsotsi (2005)
    Review preview for Tsotsi

    There is not a hint of artificiality, studio mock-ups, or designer poverty here.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    An outstanding, highly moral tale of a young South African thug's redemption.

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