Movies

Apartheid is a 1992 French documentary television movie directed by Jean-Michel Meurice that features archival footage and commentary involving key...

Miriam Makeba was one of the first African musicians who won international stardom and whose music was always anchored in her traditional South...

As a school dropout, the teenage John Major could simply never have dreamt that he would one day become a powerful political leader and get elected...

A documentary overview and ideological critique of the South African film industry and cinema's historical relationship with apartheid.

The story of Nelson Mandela and the South African Rugby team uniting to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup. This monumental moment in sports history paved...

Malou von Sivers met Nelson Mandela during his farewell tour of Europe. The conversation centers on Nelson Mandela’s unique life story, his...

Live broadcast on the occasion of Queen Beatrix's twenty-fifth anniversary of her reign. In the Knight's Hall in The Hague, members of the First and...

While her husband served a life sentence, paradoxically kept safe and morally uncontaminated, Winnie Mandela rode the raw violence of apartheid,...

"Children of the Light" tells the life story of Desmond Tutu of South Africa. With extensive archival footage, family photos and never before seen...

Nelson Mandela and his fellow ex-prisoners recall their incarceration on South Africa's Robben Island. For three decades, the island housed not only...

This is the untold story behind History, a well-kept secret behind the world-wide icon: Nelson Mandela's release was a Plot for Peace. For the first...

Produced whilst the genocide in Gaza was being broadcast live, the essay film Fragments/Palestine uses a montage of historical archive footage,...

Documentary about Nelson and Winnie Mandela's visit to the city of São Paulo, recording their encounter with the black community and social...

ORF chief director Michael Kögler met the legend again 30 years after his multi-award-winning documentary “Die Franz Klammer Story”....

For the first time since his release from 27 years of imprisonment Nelson Mandela opens up about his life and the turbulent times he's faced in this...

The secret history of the negotiations that led to Mandela's release from prison, the ANC becoming the government of South Africa, and the end of...