HISTORICAL MOVIES: SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa:

Shaka Zulu (1987)  -- 1816-1828, feared leader of the South African Zulus

Shaka Zulu: The Last Great Warrior  (2005) --  follow up to Shaka Zulu (1987)

Zulu Dawn (1979) -- prequel to Zulu; massacre of the British

Zulu (1964) -- 1879  defense of the British Army outpost at Rorke's Drift against the Zulus

Rhodes of Africa (1936)  --  British imperialist and developer of South Africa, Rhodesia and Northern Rhodesia

Rhodes (1996) TV  -- 

Untamed (1955) -- Boer trek through hostile S. African county

Breaker Morant (1980) -- 1901 in the Transvaal, South Africa; during Boer War

Young Winston (1972) --  Churchill that is

Gandhi (1982) -- first part deals with the early Gandhi, before 1915

CIVIL RIGHTS -- SOUTH AFRICA

Cry, The Beloved Country (1995)-- tale of reconciliation between S. Af minister's son who murders white man; James Earl Jones

Dingaka (1965) -- white and black culture contrast in South Africa

Sarafina (1992) -- black student resistance in South Africa

Bopha! (1993) -- black policeman in South Africa awakens to the fact that he works for a racist organization

Cry Freedom (1987)  -- Stephen Biko 1975-77, black leader of resistance to apartheid

Mandela (1987) -- Danny Glover

Mandela and De Klerk (1997) -- the two who worked out a political answer to apartheid

In My Country (2004)  --  story set during the time of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings