Research Guides: ENG 217: African & Caribbean Literature : Course Related Films

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Cry Freedom
A white liberal journalist befriends a black anti-apartheid activist in 1970s South Africa.
Hotel Rwanda
A hotel manager in mid-'90s Rwanda tries to save refugees by secretly sheltering them in his hotel. A true-life drama that was nominated for three Oscars.
Tsotsi
Charged portrait of a South African street thug (Presley Chweneyagae) who changes his evil ways when left to care for the infant son of one of his carjack victims. This winner of the 2005 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film is written and directed by Gavin Hood, who adapted Athol Fugard's novel. Kenneth Nkosi, Terry Pheto.