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Publisher
Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
A young boy looks for his uncle after a mysterious illness strikes his village and leaves him an orphan. As he tries to survive and learn about the world around him, he finds a job and returns to teach the elders of his village about truth and compassion.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Ace Ventura has emerged from a self-imposed exile in a remote Himalayan hideaway. He travels to Africa with explorer Fulton Greenwall to find a sacred albino bat which will avert a war between with Wachootoo and Wachati tribes. It is up to Ace to find the sacred bat before the two tribes start fighting a savage war.
Publisher
DreamWorks Pictures
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Follow Central Park Zoo animals, including, Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria the Hippo, along with the psychotic penguins, the monkeys, and the lemur leaders as they unexpectedly are now stranded in the middle of Africa. While Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria are rather happy with their new environment, they quickly realize that it's not all that it seems. Meanwhile, the penguins attempt to repair the plane that they accidentally...
4) District 9
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Twenty years ago, aliens from another planet made contact with Earth. Now, the refugee camp they are forced to live in has deteriorated into a slum-like ghetto. When field operative Wikus van der Merwe is put in charge of evicting the aliens, he contracts a strange virus that changes his DNA to match that of the refugees. As his body begins to mutate, he becomes a hunted man, and the aliens' only hope for freedom. Includes digital copy, commentary,...
Publisher
Paramount DVD
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
At the start of World War I, German imperial troops burn down a mission in Africa. The mission's reverend was so overtaken with disappointment that he passes away. Shortly after his well-educated, snooty sister Rose buries her brother, she must leave on the only available transport, the 'African Queen' steamboat. The boat is manned by the ill-mannered bachelor, Charlie. Together they embark on a long difficult journey, without any comfort. Rose grows...
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Based on South African President Nelson Mandela's autobiography of the same name, it chronicles his early life, coming of age, education and 27 years in prison before becoming President and working to rebuild the country's once segregated society.
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents
Pub. Date
2005
Description
"South Africa, 1976. The police ruled Gordon Ngubene's death a suicide, but when Afrikaans schoolteacher Ben du Toit saw the body, he knew his friend of 15 years was the victim of police torture. Seeking justice, Ben hires barrister Ian McKenzie to represent the Ngubdne family at the inquest, but the judge ignores the evidence and exonerates the police. Refusing to 'give it up, ' Ben risks his family and career as he takes on a system run by racists,...
8) District 9
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Twenty years ago, aliens from another planet made contact with Earth. Now, the refugee camp they are forced to live in has deteriorated into a slum-like ghetto. When field operative Wikus van der Merwe is put in charge of evicting the aliens, he contracts a strange virus that changes his DNA to match that of the refugees. As his body begins to mutate, he becomes a hunted man, and the aliens' only hope for freedom.
9) Lucky
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2013
Description
A 10-year-old South African orphan leaves his Zulu village to make his own life in the city, only to find no one will help him, except a formidable Indian woman.
10) China salesman
Publisher
MVD visaul
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Based on a true story, China Salesman takes us on a dangerous and epic adventures to North Africa where a skilled Chinese engineer comes face-to-face with a corrupt competitor over a prized telecom deal. Local tribesman Kabbah and the mercenary Lauder take up opposite sides in a brutal fist-to-fist fight while the entire region threatens to explode in a dangerous civil war.
11) White lion
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
A young African boy named Gisani finds himself destined to protect a rare and magnificent white lion cub named Letsatsi who is cast from his pride and is forced to survive on his own. After many perilous adventures young Letsatsi befriends Nkulu, an older lion who teaches him how to survive in the harsh African wilderness. With Nkulu's help, Letsatsi grows from a young and naive lion cub into a magnificent adult. But before he can take his rightful...
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2006
Description
Two classic films featuring John Wayne. El Dorado: An alcoholic sheriff (Mitchum) fights ruthless cattle barons and crooked "businessmen" with the help of an old gunfighter friend (Wayne). Hatari!: Wayne's character heads a group of highly-skilled professional African game hunters who capture ferocious big game with strong rope, sturdy vehicles, and cameras for zoos and circuses.
13) Duma
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006, 2005
Description
The powerful tale of an unbreakable bond of friendship between a cheetah named Duma and a courageous young boy named Xan. Xan faces the true test of love when he must cross the wilds of Southern Africa to return his best friend to his rightful home.
14) The last face
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
A passionate and poignant story of two lovers brought together and brutally torn apart by violent conflict in a war-torn country.
15) Rogue
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Team leader O'Hara leads a lively squad of soldiers on a daring mission: rescue hostages from their captors in remote Africa. But as the mission goes awry and the team is stranded, O'Hara's squad must face a bloody, brutal encounter with a gang of rebels, and the horde of ravenous, enraged lions they encounter.
16) The last face
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
A passionate and poignant story of two lovers brought together and brutally torn apart by violent conflict in a war-torn country.
17) 24: redemption
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Description
"After sacrificing everything for his country, Jack Bauer is wanted by the U.S. government and now stands to lose the only thing he has left: his freedom. Working as a missionary in Africa, Bauer is called upon to stop a ruthless warlord from drafting innocent children into his murderous militia. First, Bauer must confront his own torturous past and face an impossible decision that will change his life forever"--Publisher.
19) Invictus
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match.
20) In my country
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005, c2004
Description
A Washington Post journalist and an Afrikaans poet strike up a friendship and become romantically involved as they try to come to terms with their feelings about what they've learned at the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.
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