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Mandela: City

Mandela: City

The formidable racial prejudice that Nelson Mandela encounters on moving to Johannesburg, South Africa’s biggest city, leads to his rapid politicization and fight to topple apartheid. The programme charts the events that began one of the most legendary civil rights campaigns of the 20th century.

Duration : 56m
Maturity Level : all

Comrade President: The Man From Nkandla

Comrade President: The Man From Nkandla

Born into poverty in apartheid South Africa, Jacob Zuma defies his destiny, by making the difficult journey to the highest office of his newly liberated country. Zuma is a young Zulu herdboy, with no formal education, who is stirred into a political awakening by stories of local rebellions and socialist revolutions in distant corners of the world. But his survival skills, sophisticated legal team, and long-standing connections with intelligence networks, help him survive as President.

Duration : 48m
Maturity Level : all

Ekasi Stars: A Township Story

Ekasi Stars: A Township Story

As the FIFA 2010 World Cup marketing machine gets underway, a small community on the outskirts of Cape Town prepares for its own football competition. The excitement is tempered by poverty and overhanging threat of eviction; a stark reminder of the ongoing disparity in the shadow of Cape Town’s Table Mountain. Wandile Tonqa, a boy from this community feels these challenges. In his final year at school he must find a job to support himself and his sister in their small shack.

Duration : 24m
Maturity Level : all

Mommy, My Killer

Mommy, My Killer

On December 31 2012, a 2-year old Cape Town boy is reported missing by his mother. She joins the two-day search for her son and later confesses to killing him. Police say they are also investigating the deaths of her other two children, initially believed to have died of natural causes. She is found guilty and sentenced to 20 years in prison for premeditated murder.

Duration : 24m
Maturity Level : all

Dugong & Din

Dugong & Din

On a distant island near Borneo, an 8 year-old boy called Din keeps an incredible secret. He has forged a friendship with one of the rarest and shyest creatures in the ocean, a dugong – or sea cow. Dugong & Din is the heart-warming story of this friendship, of how, in the warm waters of the South China Sea, the bond between a boy and a giant sea mammal grew without limitation. We also expose the plight of the islanders who have lived in harmony with nature for centuries, until now.

Duration : 50m
Maturity Level : all

Strange Birds In Paradise

Strange Birds In Paradise

While the Indonesian army dominates the indigenous inhabitants of West Papua, three friends gather to record outlawed folk songs. Charlie Hill-Smith, an Australian writer, is their friend. Afloat in an extraordinary musical tradition from the West Papuan highlands, hearing stories of escape, oppression and exile, listening to the defiant songs of murdered musician Arnold Ap, Charlie confronts a basic question: how could these two be at war and how can the rest of the world seemingly not care?

Duration : 52m
Maturity Level : all

Man In The Middle

Man In The Middle

Soon one of the world’s biggest sporting events takes place on African soil. This documentary follows the story of Jerome Damon, a young South African on a quest to reach the heights of one of the world’s most image-obsessed sports. Jerome is the only South African to be shortlisted to referee at the FIFA World Cup in 2010. As a sports mad teenager, he could never have imagined the world’s biggest sporting event taking place in South Africa, not to mention the opportunity to be a referee.

Duration : 48m
Maturity Level : all

Mandela: Rivonia

Mandela: Rivonia

For many of the journalists working for South African news channel eNCA, the death of Nelson Mandela was the most memorable story of their careers. It was a week in which South Africa regained the international limelight, but then threatened to derail following a series of bungles - including the hiring of a schizophrenic criminal who interpreted speeches in fake sign language. We go look backstage as the world bids farewell to Mandela.

Duration : 56m
Maturity Level : all

Old Yang Seeks Bride

Old Yang Seeks Bride

Old Yang is 73 years old. He lives in Shanghai and he wants a wife. And not just any wife. The woman of his dreams has a pension, does not dance or play mahjong and is, above all else, younger than he. Quite a bit younger. To find the perfect match Old Yang places an ad in the “personals” section of the Shanghai Senior Citizen newspaper. OLD YANG SEEKS BRIDE follows him for six months as he bicycles through a series off dates.

Duration : 51m
Maturity Level : all

Sheri - A Life Of Downs And Ups

Sheri - A Life Of Downs And Ups

Sheri in A Life Of Downs And Ups defies expectations of Down’s Syndrome to become a teacher and global motivational speaker. With her mother’s unwavering support and extraordinary perseverance, Sheri’s inspiring story shows how determination can overcomes seemingly impossible obstacles.

Duration : 54m
Maturity Level : all

Rhino Trade Uncovered

Rhino Trade Uncovered

Rhino Trade Uncovered examines the illegal trade in Rhino horns and presents a case for legalizing it as a mechanism to mitigate poaching, create jobs, provide a substantial revenue stream from trade for conservation, and incentivize private Rhino breeders to continue farming these animals.

Duration : 55m
Maturity Level : all

Sharpeville Echoes: The Story Of South Africa’s Worst Apartheid Massacre

Sharpeville Echoes: The Story Of South Africa’s Worst Apartheid Massacre

In the same year South Africa hosts the soccer World Cup, the country marks the 50th anniversary of the worst massacre under Apartheid. The massacre changed the course of South African history, leading to a vicious crackdown on further anti-apartheid dissent. Fifty years on, the handful of remaining survivors still meet to help each other cope with their enduring trauma.

Duration : 52m
Maturity Level : all

Sounds Of The Seas

Sounds Of The Seas

Marine biologist Antonella Servido investigates the mystery of the Canary Island pilot whales in this stunning documentary, Sounds of the Seas. Antonella wants answers as to why these whales are becoming fatally stranded and will not stop until she finds them. Military sonars are built to detect hostile submarines over hundreds of miles, but that needs hugely destructive sound volumes. As the threat of energy-wars increase, scientists are standing up to tackle the consequences for the oceans.

Duration : 52m
Maturity Level : all

Return Of The Prime Predators

Return Of The Prime Predators

Amongst the wine estates and sheep farms of South Africa, farmers are putting up powerful electric fences. A rumour is spreading around that the predators are back. The rumour is true. Adrian Gardiner is creating an African Eden on land. The cattle and sheep are getting a one way ticket out, and the wildlife is moving back in. And there’s nothing wilder than the big cats! It promises to be one of the most daring conservation projects of all time.

Duration : 53m
Maturity Level : all

Some Kind Of Spark

Some Kind Of Spark

Some Kind of Spark follows five kids as they embark on a life-changing experience—the opportunity to study music in Juilliard’s Music Advancement Program an outreach program for kids from communities that are underserved in the arts. This is a new world for these children and the demands are high, even for beginners. They come from the far corners of New York City, at times taking hours, as they navigate the buses and subway trains to reach the school.

Duration : 1h 29m
Maturity Level : all

The Lion Tree

The Lion Tree

This intimate film follows a pride of lions facing an upheaval that threatens their survival. A giant wild fig tree stands at the centre of a remote flood plain in north western Zambia. It marks the territory of a pride of lions who have thrived here for years. Without warning or explanation, the pride male has vanished, leaving five females and their cubs to cope alone.

Duration : 50m
Maturity Level : all

Two Men And A Wedding

Two Men And A Wedding

Across the continent of Africa there has been a recent hardening of attitudes towards gay people, encouraged in large measure by US based Christian evangelical groups. The Ugandan parliament is currently debating legislation that will allow homosexuality to be punishable by death. Sudan and Nigeria’s northern states can already enforce the death penalty. Burundi criminalised homosexuality this year, joining 37 African countries where gay sex is outlawed.

Duration : 50m
Maturity Level : all

The Vula Connection

The Vula Connection

Tim Jenkin is an unlikely revolutionary. Breaking from a privileged life in apartheid South Africa, Jenkin placed himself in extreme danger as a young man by volunteering to assist the banned African National Congress. After a dramatic arrest, and even more outrageous prison break, Tim disappeared into the backrooms of the liberation movement.

Duration : 57m
Maturity Level : all

Til Death Do Us Part

Til Death Do Us Part

This is the story of an extraordinary crime of passion. Judge Patrick Maqubela was found dead in his Sea Point flat in 2009. Shortly afterwards, his wife Thandi was arrested. Allegations of infidelities, police corruption, blackmail, and call girls emerged in the trial. Patrick had had a string of extra marital affairs and, bent on revenge, Thandi had devised a plan to kill him and alter his will so that she would inherit his estate.

Duration : 24m
Maturity Level : all

Deadpool & Wolverine Trailer

Deadpool & Wolverine Trailer

Wolverine is recovering from his injuries when he crosses paths with the loudmouth, Deadpool. They team up to defeat a common enemy.

Duration : 2m
Maturity Level : all

Challengers Trailer

Challengers Trailer

Tashi, a former tennis prodigy turned coach is married to a champion on a losing streak. Her strategy for her husband’s redemption takes a surprising turn when he must face off against his former best friend and Tashi’s former boyfriend.

Duration : 2m
Maturity Level : all

The Fall Guy Trailer

The Fall Guy Trailer

A down-and-out stuntman must find the missing star of his ex-girlfriend’s blockbuster film.

Duration : 3m
Maturity Level : all

Back to Black Trailer

Back to Black Trailer

The life and music of Amy Winehouse, through the journey of adolescence to adulthood and the creation of one of the best-selling albums of our time.

Duration : 2m
Maturity Level : all

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Trailer

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Trailer

Many years after the reign of Caesar, a young ape goes on a journey that will lead him to question everything he’s been taught about the past and make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.

Duration : 2m
Maturity Level : all