4 Movies Starring Tony Kgoroge

The First Grader

The First Grader

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-06-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA, Kenya

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (2766 Reviews)

Director:

Justin Chadwick

Fullplot:

Set in a mountain village in Kenya the film tells the remarkable true and uplifting story of a proud old Mau Mau veteran who is determined to seize his last chance to learn to read and write - and so ends up joining a class alongside six year-olds. Together he and his young teacher face fierce resistance, but ultimately they win through - and also find a new way of overcoming the burdens of the colonial past.

Skin

Skin

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-07-24

Languages:

English, Zulu

Countries:

UK, South Africa

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (2629 Reviews)

Director:

Anthony Fabian

Cast:

Writer:

Helen Crawley (screenplay)

Jessie Keyt (screenplay)

Helena Kriel (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.

Invictus

Invictus

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-12-11

Languages:

English, Afrikaans, Maori, Zulu, Xhosa, Southern Sotho

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

134 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (114502 Reviews)

Director:

Clint Eastwood

Cast:

Writer:

Anthony Peckham (screenplay)

John Carlin (book)

Fullplot:

The film tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team to help unite their country. 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 rugby team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match.

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-12-25

Languages:

English, Afrikaans, Xhosa

Countries:

UK, South Africa

Runtime:

141 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (18775 Reviews)

Director:

Justin Chadwick

Cast:

Writer:

William Nicholson (screenplay)

Nelson Mandela (autobiography)

Fullplot:

Nelson Mandela is a South African lawyer who joins the African National Congress in the 1940s when the law under the Apartheid system's brutal tyranny proves useless for his people. Forced to abandon peaceful protest for armed resistance after the Sharpeville Massacre, Mandela pays the price when he and his comrades are sentenced to life imprisonment for treason while his wife, Winnie, is abused by the authorities herself. Over the decades in chains, Mandela's spirit is unbowed as his struggle goes on in and beyond his captivity to become an international cause. However, as Winnie's determination hardens over the years into a violent ruthlessness, Nelson's own stature rises until he becomes the renowned leader of his movement. That status would be put to the test as his release nears and a way must be found to win a peaceful victory that will leave his country, and all its peoples, unstained.

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