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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 1994 - 30 July.6 August

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Panic is a small-time crook of Soweto completely uninterested in political struggle. One day he is arrested together with Sam, involved in politics. Panic finishes up in a cell...

Category Out of competition
Section Guardians of Popular Memory: South African Cinema Against Apartheid
Tipology Feature Film

The half-cast Fiela, and her affectionate family, take in Benjamin, a white child abandoned by his mother. When the child grows older a magistrate discovers the illegal adoption...

Category Out of competition
Section Guardians of Popular Memory: South African Cinema Against Apartheid
Tipology Feature Film

Jobman is a black deafmute of 25 who has been humiliated by life and people. The film begins with his arrest and ill-treatment. Meanwhile, the Karoo farm, where Jobman has his...

Category Out of competition
Section Guardians of Popular Memory: South African Cinema Against Apartheid
Tipology Feature Film

Mary is a teacher who dares teach things which cannot be found in official school texts. She insists on teaching her pupils a sense of pride in their cultural heritage. With her...

Category Out of competition
Section Guardians of Popular Memory: South African Cinema Against Apartheid
Tipology Feature Film

An Afrikaans Woman's car breaks down and she's forced to take a minibus taxi. Misunderstandings and cultural confusion see her end up in Soweto, where she learns more about...

Category Out of competition
Section Guardians of Popular Memory: South African Cinema Against Apartheid
Tipology Feature Film

Robey Leibbrandt history , South African boxer who became fascinated with Nazi ideology after the Olympic Games in Berlin and led an operation to overthrow the pro- allied...

Category Out of competition
Section Guardians of Popular Memory: South African Cinema Against Apartheid
Tipology Feature Film