I was just wondering...Most of the countrys around the globe makes different kinds of movies and not just political dramas and *beep*
But what I want to know is why cant South Africa make movies thats not about APARTHEID and racism and all that crap???
maybe it is such a depressing country that there truly are no other stories to tell....
"Apartheid, racism and all that crap???"
Thats just a stupid comment. They are serious subjects and need to be examined on a world screen and not just S.A.
Why does the U.S. just make escapist crap like Spiderman? Well it doesnt, maybe if you look a litlle more at the films coming from S.A. you will realise there is significantly more diversity in subject than you think.
That's just ridiculous.
Max and Mona (2004), Stander (2003), and The Cape of Good Hope (2004) are three fairly recent South African films that have nothing to do with apartheid.
Just how many South African/movies about South Africa have you seen anyway? I'd be guessing not too many, so to come out and make it sound like there's 20 South African movies that you see a year and they all have to do with apartheid is just idiotic.
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Racism is part of South Africa since its beginning. During the Apartheid era the Africaans made action movies of mercs battling evil african dictators or simple minded tribesmen who have not political bone in their bodies. Only when a White South African character in a White movie had no tint of racism.
shareThat's a pretty ignorant comment. FIrst off, the South African film industry is really just recently taking off. Apartheid is a HUGE part of what that country has become and it's an issue that's still being explored and people around the world don't know enough about it, so these movies bring a lot of light on the subject. I mean, apartheid only ended about a decade ago, so it's not something ludicrous to explore in the art of film. And secondly, the movie "Yesterday" was just nominated for Best Foreign Language Picture at the Academy Awards this year, and it's not about the apartheid.
share"Max and Mona" was certainly not about apartheid. It was a quirky, off-beat story about a man's relationship with a goat. Doesn't ring any apartheid bells. Anyway, it's not S.A making these apartheid films it's other countries...
Cry Freedom, Cry the Beloved Country and In my Country were all internationally made films depicting S.A's apartheid.
I'm a white South African and if you take the time to see what actually happened to the black people during apartheid, then you'll understand why it's such a big deal.
Also, this is about the Truth and Reconciliation Act which was only issued AFTER apartheid. The TRA was supposed to allow all the whites who discriminated against blacks during apartheid the chance to come clean about what they did and pay the consequences...
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Lanraso,
The only thing I've got to say to you is that your ignorance is showing... The director of the movie was British, the main actors American and French. This was a major even tin South African history and one that deserves our continuing attention adn respect so as not to ever occur again. Think before you speak/type.
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They had during the Apartheid period mostly action merc flicks of bad African leaders overthrown by Whites or dead African leaders who pose no threat like Shacka Zulu.
shareI was about to make a comment, then i realised that the person who posted this tread actually has no idea what he is talking about. I think in the future we should just ignore ignorant threads like this one.
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Sorry, Air Chisel. Don't know of any movies about the Bush War. If you find one, please post because it sounds like there should be.
I wanted to add a comment to this thread. I recently saw "After the Rain". Very 80's-ish (though it was released in the 90's) and maybe quite simplistic as far as film quality. But I loved the angle of the story and I loved the ending. It is focused on Apartheid--but it seems to me a South African film that does not have that element would be pure fiction. Pure fiction is fine in movies, ok? But if this totally fictitious movie "pretended" to be historically correct, I just don't think I would enjoy that.
So, "After the Rain" and of course "The Power of One" which I adored. Music fantastic. But why is the legend of all the black tribes about a shrimpy white dude? I don't know. Probably full of inaccuracies but hopefully we're not idiotic enough to say "Well, it came from Hollywood so it must be true!"
More like it possibly has a few grains of "redeeming value". And IMO those are very powerful grains and make the story worth telling. But the inaccuracies are also worth telling, so thanks for the critics.
EDIT: Just wanted to add one more fave South African movie. Check out "A World Apart" with Barbara Hershey. This movie was made in 1988, but the IMDB message board has very recent posts. Interesting.
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They also make very bad C-Rate horror flicks like The Breed, The Bone Snatcher, and the infamous Dracula 3000.
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