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IKON SOUTH AFRICA, volume 1
38 minutes, DVD, South Africa, No Date. R350

Ikon South Africa produces films for South African television and provides a platform for emerging filmmakers who want to make short documentary films that deal with issues of identity and self-discovery. These films were first screened on SABCTV in 2008.

Features the following films:
Mzamane (N.) dir. NATIVE YARD, 13 minutes
Guguletu residents talk about what Native Yard 1, Guguletu's main street, means to them.

Fredericks (J.) dir. DEVIOUS SHORT FILM, 18 minutes
The story of rapper Mario van Rooy aka Mr Devious (1997-2004), who lived and worked in Mitchell's Plain. He saw himself as a "hip-hop activist" and worked in creative education with youth at risk in Cape Flats communities. At the age of 26 he was stabbed to death by a gangster when he tried to help his father who was being robbed.

Davis (B.) dir. GEMAAKTE HARE, 7 minutes
Lameez Peters talks about growing up half Muslim and half Christian in a society obsessed with racial identity and why she now wears dreadlocks.

Giose (V.) dir. ZION YOUTH CREW, 10 minutes
Interviews with two young Rastafarian musicians.

IKON SOUTH AFRICA, volume 2
70 minutes, DVD, South Africa, No Date. R350

Ikon South Africa produces films for South African television and provides a platform for emerging filmmakers who want to make short documentary films that deal with issues of identity and self-discovery. These films were first screened on SABC in 2008.

Features the following films:
Yoko (V."Breeze") dir. BIKO'S CHILDREN, 14 minutes
Winner of the Best Documentary at the 2007 Tricontinental Film Festival. Two young South Africans - Nkhensani, founder and creative director of the clothing label Stoned Cherrie, and Mambila, co-founder and creative director of the street brand 25hour - talk about what Steve Biko and his teachings mean to them.

Pululu (M.) dir. AMINA MY DAUGHTER, 15 minutes
A coversation between a former refugee from the Congo now living in Cape Town and his teenage daughter.

Rorke (R.) dir. PAM & ASHRAF, 15 minutes
An exploration of the lives of a young couple living on the Cape Flats and working for the Anti-Eviction Campaign.

Ntsandeni (M.) dir. BRUSH, 6 minutes
Portrait of an artist, Rendani, living in Limpopo Province, who uses Vhavenda culture as a theme in his painting.

Mulligan (D.) dir. SEE ME HEAR ME, 10 minutes
Deaf filmmaker Donovan Mulligan documents the life of Zoleka Tshotswana, born deaf and living with her mother in Nyanga township outside Cape Town.

Masondo (N.) dir. BLAKBOX SUITE, 10 minutes
An exploration of the music of rap collective, Blakbox.

MANDOZA, live in concert at Sun City
70 minutes, DVD, , 2004. R105

South African kwaito superstar Mandoza filmed live at the Superbowl, Sun City, in 2004. Also includes 5 music videos and an interview.

SONGS WORTH SINGING, WORDS WORTH SAYING, reconciling through music & poetry
ESongbook, CD, DVD, , 2007. R235

The Songs Worth Singing, Words Worth Saying Project in Cape Town sees music and poetry as a powerful way for children from different communities to learn about each others lives and cultures. Through a series of summer music and poetry workshops, panel discussions and seminars young people in Cape Town were exposed to the different musical and poetry traditions of the various cultural groups in the Western Cape.
This educational resource, consisting of DVD, CD and E-Songbook, includes the performances of seven musical groups and ten young poets from communities such as Kensington, Nyanga, Khayelitsha. Elsies River, Nomzamo and Lwandle informal settlements. Macassar, Imazamo Yethu and Hout Bay, Athlone and Pinelands at the Reconciliation Presentation 2007.

Achmat (Z.) dir. LOVE AND FREEDOM,
95 minutes, DVD, , 2005. R265

A two-part documentary that examines ten years of the South African Constitution. Part 1, "Who was Mrs Konani?", looks at landmark judgements handed down by the Constitutional Court, such as the abolition of the death penalty. Part 2, "A Nice Country", introduces women and men who have used the legal space provided by the Constitution to build democracy. The case of the Treatment Action Campaign for the use of antiretrovirals to prevent mother to child transmission of HIV is explored, amongst others.

Achmat (Z.) dir. APOSTLES OF CIVILIZED VICE,
104 minutes, DVD, , 1999. R265

A documentary that explores the history of homosexuality in South Africa from colonial times to the present.

African National Congress MK IN TANZANIA,
62 minutes, DVD, , 1992. R350

Highlights of the visit of ANC Secretary General Cyril Ramaphosa and MK Chief of Staff Siphiwe Nyanda to the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) camps in Uganda and Tanzania on 16th December 1992.

African National Congress MK IN UGANDA,
45 minutes, DVD, , No Date. R350

Footage filmed in Umkhonto we Siswe (MK) training camps in Uganda.

Ammann (P.) dir. SPIRITS OF THE ROCKS,
78 minutes, DVD, Switzerland, 2002. R380

Peter Ammann, together with Megan Biesele, Patricia Vinnicombe, and others, visits rocks painting sites in the Brandberg in Namibia, the Drakensberg in South Africa and the Tsodilo Hills in Botswana, as well as a Ju'hoansi community at Nyae Nyae in Namibia, in an attempt to understand what it is about the Bushmen and their culture that so fascinates Westerners today.

Ammann (P.) prod. VERA BUHRMANN, living in two worlds, communication between a white healer and her black counterparts
50 minutes, DVD, Switzerland, 2007. R250

A 1992 interview with Jungian analyst Vera Bührmann (1910-1998) by Marion Schiess (1933-1998). Vera Bührmann was one of the founding members of the Cape of Good Hope Centre for Jungian Studies and directed its training programme for many years. In the latter half of her life she dedicated herself to understanding black African traditional healers and their healing practices. Here she talks about her understanding of the ancestors and the ceremonies involved in the healing and training of a patient/healer.

Antonio (T.) dir. URANIUM ROAD,
53 minutes, DVD, , 2007. R140

A documentary on the history of the nuclear industry in South Africa. Based on the book by David Fig, the film examines the lack of transparency of both the apartheid and ANC governments' nuclear policies and the motivations of current stakeholders.

Arangies (L.) dir. MZALA DISCOVERS THE BIG 5 RED VARIETALS,
150 minutes, DVD, , 2007. R150

A wine-appreciation course in fifteen thirty-minute episodes. This DVD contains the five episodes on the best-known red wine cultivars in South Africa, shot on 5 different wine estates:
1. Cabernet Sauvignon, shot at Zorgvliet
2. Shiraz, shot at Simonsvlei
3. Merlot, shot at Spier
4. Pinotage, shot at L'Avenir
5. Pinot Noir, shot at Flagstone

Also available: "Mzala Discovers the Big 5 White Varietals" and "Mzala Discovers the Rest of the Winelands" @ R150 each

Arangies (L.) dir. MZALA DISCOVERS THE BIG FIVE WHITE VARIETALS,
150 minutes, DVD, , 2007. R150

A wine-appreciation course in fifteen thirty-minute episodes. This DVD contains the five episodes on the best-known white wine cultivars in South Africa, shot on five different wine estates:
1. Chenin Blanc, shot at Bellingham
2. Sauvingnon Blanc, shot at Boschendal,
3. Chardonnay, shot at Van Loveren
4. Semillon, shot at Stellenzicht
5. Viognier, shot at Fairview

Also available: "Mzala Discovers the Big Five Red Varietals" and "Mzala Discovers the Rest of the Winelands" @ R150 each

Arangies (L.) dir. MZALA DISCOVERS THE REST OF THE WINELANDS,
150 minutes, DVD, , 2007. R150

A wine-appreciation course in fifteen thirty-minute episodes. This DVD contains five episodes that explore:
1. Blends, shot at Bilton
2. Méthode Cap Classique, shot at Simonsig
3. Noble Late Harvest, shot at Neethlingshof
4. Port, shot at Bredell
5. Brandy, shot at Van Ryn Distillers

Also available: "Mzala Discovers the Big 5 Red Varietals" and "Mzala Discovers the Big 5 White Varietals" @ R150 each

Barker (J.) dir. BUNNY CHOW, know thyself
94 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2007. R95

Film director John Barker's comedy about four men who set out on a weekend journey to Oppikoppi, South Africa's biggest rock festival.

"Shot in a cinema vérité style and using the street food 'bunny chow' as a metaphor for contemporary Johannesburg's mix of races, cultures and attitudes, Barker's edgy, urban comedy asks us to envision a nation through the eyes of its future, rather than the tragedy of its past." Global Film Initiative

Soundtrack in Afrikaans, 'tsotsi taal' and English, with English subtitles.

Barry (S.) dir. WHOLE - A TRINITY OF BEING,
15 minutes, DVD, , 2004. R177

A trilogy of three short films which activist filmmaker Shelley Barry describes as "a visual doc-poem [which] explores my spiritual journey of embracing and celebrating my body".
"Pin Pricks tells the tale of how the fabric of my life was torn apart and the revelations that took me beyond this loss."
"Voice/Over deals with my second disability, my dependency on a tube that fits into a hole in my throat, allowing me to breathe and speak."
"Entry [is] a sequence of images, snapshots of life in a wheelchair - not traditional snapshots, but those that dare to claim a strong sense of sexuality or desire."

Shelley Barry was disabled by a bullet during the Cape taxi wars of 1996.

Benger (R.) & Lipman (J.T.) dir. FIVE ROADS TO FREEDOM, from apartheid to the World Cup
54 minutes, DVD, , (2011). R228

A documentary that looks at the lives of five South Africans from different backgrounds, seeing each person's experience as a unique expression of South Africa's struggle to overcome its past and live Nelson Mandela's vision of a "rainbow nation". These stories are told against the background of 2010 World Cup, itself a powerful symbol of how far the country has come.

Benger (R.) dir. MADIBA, the life and times of Nelson Mandela
120 minutes, DVD, Canada, 2004. R195

A two-part documentary on Nelson Mandela. Includes archival footage as well as recent interviews with Nelson Mandela, Winnie Mandela, Neville Alexander, Mac Maharaj, Allister Sparks, P.W.de Klerk, Pik Botha and Niel Barnard, amongst others.

Beukes (A.) dir. AGTER ELKE MAN,
103 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 1990. R130

An Afrikaans film starring Steve Hofmeyr, about a man on parole seeking revenge on the man responsible for his incarceration.

Bezuidenhout (F.) dir. SIENER IN DIE SUBURBS,
90 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 1973. OUT OF PRINT

An acclaimed Afrikaans film of the award-winning play written by P.G.du Plessis, set in a poor suburb in Johannesburg. Stars Marius Weyers, Sandra Prinsloo, Don Lamprecht, Louis van Niekerk and Wilna Snyman.

Bilheimer (R.) A CLOSER WALK,
85 minutes, DVD, USA, 2003. R150

Filmed on four continents, Africa, Asia, Europe and North America, this film explores the relationship between health, dignity, and human rights and provides an overview of the AIDS pandemic. Includes interviews with MArk Haywood of the Treatment Action Campaign.

Blank (M.) dir. TESTING HOPE, Grade 12 in the new South Africa
40 minutes, DVD, , 2007. R236

A documentary that chronicles the lives of four young people at Oscar Mpetha High School in Nyanga township outside Cape Town as they work towards their Matric exams, which they believe will decide their future. These students began school in 1994, the year apartheid ended and Nelson Mandela became president. The film looks at what awaits the students who pass, and those who fail, given that 52% of the people aged 16 to 25 are umemployed.

Blank (M.) dir. WHERE DO I STAND?,
37 minutes, DVD, , 2010. R236

A documentary about seven young South Africans from different backgrounds reflecting on their actions during and after the xenophobic attacks that broke out across the country in 2008.

Blankenberg (L.) dir. A COUNTRY FOR MY DAUGHTER, a film about women, violence and the law
54 minutes, DVD, , 2010. R205

An educational documentary conceptualised by Zackie Achmat, based on the legal struggles of women against gender based violence. In the film human rights activist Nonkosi Khumalo, chairperson of the Treatment Action Campaign and mother of a little girl, travels around South Africa investigating stories of women whose court cases have transformed the law for the better. Concerned for the safety of her daughter she wants to find out what rights protect women in the new South Africa.

Includes a 59 pp. gender based violence training manual designed to assist facilitators structure discussions about women, violence and the law.

Bletcher (S.) & Raphoto (D.) dir. SURFING SOWETO,
90 minutes, DVD, , 2011. R265

This film documents the lives of three of the most notorious train surfers in Soweto: Bitch Nigga, Lefa and Mzembe. Train surfing is the extraordinarily dangerous activity of riding on top of or underneath a moving train.

Winner of the 2011 Tri-Continental Human Rights Prize.

Blomkamp (N.) dir. DISTRICT 9,
108 minutes, DVD, , 2009. R165

A science-fiction thriller directed by South African Neill Blomkamp about an attempt to forcibly remove millions of extraterrestrial creatures unexpectedly stranded in contemporary South Africa, fenced into a slum and left to scavenge. The film is adapted from a short film, "Alive in Joburg", made by Neil Blomkamp in 2005 on themes of xenophobia and social segregation. The title, "District Nine", was inspired by the forced removals that took place in District Six during the apartheid era. The film is shot on location in Soweto. "District Nine" has been banned by the Nigerian government for its depiction of the Nigerian characters as criminals and cannibals.

"You don't feel bamboozled, fooled, or patronized by "District Nine", as you did by most of the summer blockbusters. You feel winded, shaken and shamed." Anthony Lane, The New Yorker

"Blomkamp and Jackson want it every which way: The actuality-video threat of 'The Blair Witch Project', unstoppable violence like 'ID4', plus Spielberg's otherwordly benevolence: facitiousness, killing and cosmic agapé. This is how cinema gets turned into trash." Armond White, New York Press

"District Nine" received four Academy Award nominations and won the 2009 Bradbury Award from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

Bosch (L.) dir. A TRULY WONDERFUL ADVENTURE,
48 minutes, DVD, , 2007. R265

A documentary about the 1980 student boycott in the Western Cape co-ordinated by the famous "Committee of 81", a student organisation comprised of student representatives from the different schools. Through the use of archival footage and interviews with past students Lederle Bosch retraces the events that led up to the death of the 11 year old Bernard Fortuin at the hands of the police.

Brand (C.) & Mabaso (T.) dir. A PLACE OF HOPE AND RECONCILIATION, a true story
32 minutes, DVD, , 2009. R140

Christo Brand was a prison warder on Robben Island. Thulani Mabaso was imprisoned on Robben Island in 1984 and released in 1991. Today Christo Brand is the Robben Island Museum Unit Manager Retail and Thulani Mabaso is a prison tour guide and Units Manager on Robben Island. In this film they tell their stories.

Broomfield (N.) dir. HIS BIG WHITE SELF REVISITED, The leader, his driver and the driver's wife/ His big white self
80 + 93 minutes, 2 x DVD, U.K., 2006. R325

A 2 disc edition which includes Nick Broomfield's two films on Eugene Terre'blanche, leader of the Afrikaner Weerstands Beweging (AWB):
THE LEADER, HIS DRIVER AND THE DRIVER'S WIFE, 80 minutes, DVD, 1991.
"In a purposefully ramshackle quest for an interview with the illusive(sic) Terre'blanche, Broomfield cajoles, hustles, and irritates the Svengali-like figure, his driver JP and JP's extraordinary chipper wife Anita, in a startingly successful effort to peel back the layers of the regime and its unnervingly congenial membership."

HIS BIG WHITE SELF, 93 minutes, DVD, 2006.
This film "further explores Terre'blanche's absurd yet insidious character, exposing his regime's stark and sobering impact that lingers to this day. Broomfield revisits the familiar and haunted faces of those brought down and broken by democracy's rise in South Africa, finally confronting the newly released and unrepentant Terre'blanche."

Cartmill (J.) dir. HOW TO HIP HOP!, MC, B-Boy, DJ, Write, Knowledge of Self
60 minutes, DVD, , 2004. R195

An introduction to Hip Hop culture presented by Cape Town-based Black Noise, South Africa's oldest Hip Hop group.

Includes six Black Noise music videos.

Centre for African Instrumental Music & Dance (CIIMDA) & Music Department, University of Pretoria pr SANGOMA DANCE AESTHETIC, choreographing spirituality
60 minutes, DVD + 12 pp. booklet, South Africa, 2004. R180

The dance on this DVD was recorded at the home of the Sangoma doyenne, Catherine Hlongwane, at Rietgat-Lethlcaneng, Northwest Province, South Africa, on 26 March 2005. "The dances in the video were recorded in a social-spiritual Sangoma session specially staged for the purpose. It became mandatory for the cooperating Sangoma Chieftain, Canny, to consult and obtain special supernatural approval on our behalf before the dance ceremony was planned, staged and recorded as extraordinary Sangoma theatre arts performance. Thus the phenomenal incidents of visiting ancestor spirits that normally occurs in a typical Sangoma ceremony were avoided. The performances and other activities in this recording, nevertheless, capture the conventional theatrical features as well as social-spiritual atmosphere of a typical Sangoma event".

Chetty (N.) & Miyeni (C.E.) dir. MINING FOR CHANGE, a story of South African mining
72 minutes, DVD, , 2010. R495

A documentary that tracks the history of South Africa's mining industry, from the earliest mining practices of the indigenous people to recent debates around nationalisation. Includes interviews with Julius Malema, Nicholas Oppenheimer, Cyril Ramaphosa and Nelson Mandela.

Cox (L.) prod. MZWAKHE MBULI, the people's poet
160 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2005. R110

A tribute to poet and musician Mzwakhe Mbuli. Includes a selection of his music videos and two short films - an interview conducted by Nicky Blumefield and a film made in 2003, 30 days after Mbuli was released from prison after swerving a 6 year sentence for armed robbery.

Cullinan (B.) dir. OUTRAGEOUS!, not for sensitive viewers
87 minutes, DVD, , 2010. R210

A group of South Africa's leading comedians were brought together at the Big Top at Sun International's Carnival City for a one-night only stand-up session. The comedians featured are John Vlismas, Barry Hilton, Mark Banks, Loyiso Gola, Joey Rasdien, Riaad Moosa and Krijay Govender.

Dandala (H.) dir. SWOP!,
83 minutes, DVD, , 2008. R85

A comedy about a wealthy and successful black businessman trading lives with a Zimbabwean street hustler.

Actor and presenter Hlomla Dandala is best known for his role in the TV series Isidingo. This is his first film.

Davis (T.) dir. BIGGER THAN BARBIE,
52 minutes, DVD, , 2006. R295

A documentary on the beading project, Monkeybiz, in which a small group of women from the townships around Cape Town make beaded dolls in an attempt to overcome poverty and HIV/AIDS.
Includes interviews with Monkeybiz founder Barbara Jackson, Desmond Tutu, Annie Lennox, Donna Karan and director Tina Davis.

de Bruyn (D.) dir. NATANIËL BY BIRTH,
68 minutes, DVD, , 2006. R100

Features ten music videos by Nataniël plus behind-the-scenes footage and four Afrikaans stories recorded at live performances during 2005 & 2006.

Musician, writer and cook Nataniël le Roux is one of South Africa's most popular entertainers.

de Vries (J.) dir. CASA DE LA MUSICA, the house of music
52 minutes, DVD, , 2003. R265

A documentary exploring the musical and cultural links between Havana, Cuba, and Cape Town, South Africa.

This film won the Audience Award for Best S.A.Documentary at the 2003 Encounters Film Festival.

Desai (R.) dir. BHAMBATHA, War of the Heads 1906
72 minutes, DVD, , 2008. R150

A documentary about the Bhambatha rebellion which took place near Greytown in Natal in 1906. It was led by Bhambatha kaMancinza, leader of the Zondi clan, one of the Zulu chiefs who resisted the collection of a poll tax introduced by the colonial government.

Desai (R.) dir. BORN INTO STRUGGLE,
74 minutes, DVD, , 2004. R150

Filmmaker Rehad Desai's personal journey into his past. The son of struggle hero Barney Desai who fled into exile in 1963, Rehad explores the pain caused to himself and his siblings by his father's constant political activity.

"Rehad Desai builds layer upon layer of narration that looks both forwards and backwards. It brings into memory important people and events and adds a chapter to an alternative history of the struggle." Rustum Kozain

This film won the Best Documentary Audience Award at the 2004 Encounters International Documentary Festival, Best Documentary at the 2004 Apollo Film Festival and Best Documentary at the 2004 Cape Town World Cinema Festival.

Desai (R.) dir. YOU CHUSE, the future is free
50 minutes, DVD, , 2009. R140

A documentary on new media democracy movements in Africa, including the Open Source Software movement and the Creative Commons organisation.

Devereux-Harris & Associates prod. SOLIDARITY FOREVER, a tribute to South African workers by South African artists
109 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2004. R150

Recorded live at COSATU's 8th National Congress. Musicians include the COSATU Performing Band, POPCRU and SADTU choirs, Hugh Masekela, Bambata, Sibongile Khumalo, Vusi Mahlasela, Jabu Khanyile and Chicco Twala.

Dewil (M.M.) dir. RETRIBUTION,
79 minutes, DVD, , 2011. R285

A thriller about a a retired judge living an isolated cabin in the mountains who takes in a lost hiker, only to discover that the man is not really lost but is seeking revenge.

Ditsie (B.) & Newman (N.) dir. SIMON & I, steps for the future
52 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2001. R275

Gay rights activist and lesbian Bev Ditsie remembers her friend Tseko Simon Nkoli (1957-1998), Delmas Treason Trialist, founder of GLOW, the Gay and Lesbian Organisation of the Witwatersrand, and initiator of the first Gay Pride March in 1990. He also founded the Township AIDS Project and the Positive African Men's Project and received numerous international awards for his work as an AIDS activist before dying of AIDS complications.

Dornford-May (M.) dir. U-CARMEN EKHAYELITSHA, 122 minutes, DVD
122 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2005. R130

A re-telling of Bizet's opera, Carmen, set in the township of Khayelitsha, outside Cape Town, with actors and singers from the theatre and opera company, Dimpho Di Kopane. Pauline Malefane plays Carmen. Includes interviews with director Mark Dornford-May and co-writers and translators Pauline Malefane and Andiswa Kedama. The film won the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 2005 Berlin Film Festival.

In Xhosa, with English subtitles.

Drotksie (J.) et. al. prod. MK, die derde DVD
200 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2008. R145

A selection of music videos from the 2008 DSTV MK Awards, an annual national music poll and music video competition in which South Africa's best and worst music videos are chosen by public vote.

Includes videos by Fokofpolisiekar, Snotkop, Foto Na Dans, and many others.

Lyrics in English and Afrikaans.

Drotskie (J.) & Edward (V.) comp. MK, die tweede DVD
173 minutes, DVD, , 2007. R145

A selection of music videos from the 2007 DSTV MK Awards, an annual national music poll and music video competition, in which South Africa's best and worst music videos are chosen by public vote.

Includes videos by Snotkop, Foto Na Dans, Parlotones, Fokofpolisiekar, and many others.

Lyrics in English and Afrikaans.

Edkins (D.) & Vehkalahti (I.) STEPS BY STEPS, the making of the "Steps for the Future" documentary series
220 pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, South Africa, 2008. R165

Details the proces of making the 38 award-winning films for the "Steps for the Future" documentary film project, which deals with the problem of HIV and AIDS in southern Africa. Includes a 200 minute DVD with eight of the films.

Edward (V.) & Drotskie (J.) comps. SNOTKOP, spring lewendig
68 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2007. R145

A live performance by punk rocker Snotkop (Francois Henning), formerly known as the kwaito singer, Lekgoa.

Lyrics in English and Afrikaans.

El-Tahri (J.) dir. BEHIND THE RAINBOW,
138 minutes, DVD, , 2009. R170

Egyptian filmmaker Jihan El-Tahri's documentary covers South Africa's political history after 1975 by focusing on the internal struggles and challenges faced by the ANC as it transforms itself from a liberation movement into the ruling party.

Includes interviews with Thabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma, Mac Maharaj, Pallo Jordan, Terror Lekota, Ronnie Kasrils and Kgalema Motlanthe.

Fabian (A.) dir. SKIN,
102 minutes, DVD, , 2009. R165

A feature film based on the life of Sandra Laing, an Afrikaner child born with dark skin to white parents unaware of the black ancestry in 1950s South Africa. At the age of ten Sandra is examined by apartheid state officials, reclassified as "coloured" and expelled from her "whites-only" boarding school.

"Of the innumeralbe untold family tragedies that followed the imposition of the racist restrictions of the apartheid regime, the story of Sandra Laing is one of the most devastating. 'Skin' tells her story with deep compassion and, for all its starkness and tragedy, it is a work of great beauty and inspiration." Barry Ronge, The Sunday Times (South Africa)

The film won twelve international film awards, including the Jury Award for Best Feature Film at the 2009 Palm Beach International Film Festival, the Audience Award for Best South African Film at the 7th Annual Tri Continental Film Festival and Best Independent Film at the 3rd Annual MAE Awards.

Farr (S.) dir. LOVE, COMMUNISM, REVOLUTION & RIVONIA, Bram Fischer's story
80 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2006. R95

The biography of Afrikaner Bram Fischer (1908-1975), South African Communist Party member who led the defence team at the Rivonia Trial. In 1966 he was convicted on counts of violating the Suppression of Communism Act and conspiracy to commit sabotage and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Includes interviews with George Bizos, Martin Meredith, Hilda Bernstein, Hugh Lewin, Denis Goldberg, Nadine Gordimer, Ahmed Kathrada, Blade Nzimande, and Ruth Rice and Ilse Wilson, Bram Fischer's two daughters.

Winner of the Best South African Documentary Audience Awards, 2007 Encounters Documentary Festival.

Filmakers Against Racism REFLECTING ON XENOPHOBIA, humanity, tolerance, dignity
195 minutes, DVD, , 2008. R235

Filmakers Against Racism (FAR) is an initiative launched in May 2008 in response to the xenophobic violence in South Africa. This DVD features a collection of their short films:
AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS ALEX AKA ALEX directed by Danny Turken (24 min)
Captures the rising tensions in Alexandra township prior to the outbreak of xenophobic violence.

ANGELS ON OUR SHOULDERS directed by Andy Spitz (24 min)
A documentary on a group of Zimbabwean teachers in South Africa trying to establish some structure for themselves and their children after the attacks.

TWO CAMPS directed by Rehad Desai & Arya Lalloo (24 min)
Documents the struggles and fears of the residents of two transient refugee camps.

NOWHERE ELSE TO GO directed by Tumi Moroka (12 min)
A documentary on Jeppe police station which became a refugee camp overnight.

MARTINE AND THANDEKA directed by Xoliswa Sithole (24 min)
Two women speak about being attacked.

THE BURNING MAN directed by Adze Ugah (24 min)
A film on Ernesto Alfabeto Nhamuave, the Mozambican national who was burnt to death by a xenophobic mob.

CONGO MY FOOT directed by Okepne Ojang, Kyle O'Donoghue & Miki Redelinghuys (24 min)
Features the members of Tino La Musica, a Congolese band based in Cape Town scattered by the attacks.

BARAKA - BLESSING directed by Omelga Mthiyane & Riaan Hendricks (24 min)
Follows the foreign shop owners in Masiphumelele as they return to the township after the community publicly apologized.

ASIKHUMLUME - LET'S TALK directed by Richard Green (15 min)
A group of once exiled jazz musicians discuss xenophobia and how they were once welcomed across Africa.

Fish (L.) dir. HOERIKWAGGO, PEOPLE OF THE MOUNTAIN,
52 minutes, DVD, South Africa, (2003). R265

A documentary that traces the social history of Table Mountain. Narrated by Gcina Mhlope.

Hoerikwaggo is the Khoi Khoi name for Table Mountain and means "mountain of the sea" or "sea mountain".

Fish (L.) dir. THE LONG JOURNEY OF CLEMENT ZULU,
59 minutes, DVD, , 1994. R175

An award-winning documentary about three Robben Island prisoners, Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim, Clement Zulu and James Mange, and their first year of freedom.

Foster (C.) & (D.) dir. THE NATURE OF LIFE, Africa's search for a sustainable future
52 minutes, DVD, , 2009. R265

A documentary on climate change that focuses on South African and southern African realities and highlights unique solutions coming out of Africa. Includes interviews with researchers from the Centre for Sustainable Energy at Stellenbosch University and features the Darling Wind Farm Project, solar-thermal farms in the Kalahari, existing eco-villages and South Africa's electric car, the Joule.

Winner of the Prize of Hope at the International Festival of Sustainable Development FIlms

Fox (R.) dir. THE FLYER,
91 minutes, DVD, , 2005. R140

A feature film about a young coloured boy saved from living on the streets of Cape Town by an old trapeze artist who introduces him into the world of trapeze flying.

This film won three director awards at the Panafricana Festival in Rome and a best film award at Giffoni-Hollywood Film Festival.

Fox (R.) dir. LONG STREET,
93 minutes, DVD, , 2010. R125

A feature film about a relationship between a young recovering drug addict and her mother. Filmed in Cape Town. Stars the late Busi Mhlongo.

Freimond (C.) dir. GUMS & NOSES, a black comedy about white powder
89 minutes, DVD, , 2005. R130

A black comedy about cocaine and the world of advertising. This film won the Best Feature Film Award at the Apollo Film Festival.

Freimond (C.) dir. JOZI,
107 minutes, DVD, , 2009. R195

A comedy about a successful comedy writer living in Johannesburg who has lost his sense of humour and developed a bad drug habit. Written and directed by Craig Freimond, director of the film "Gums & Noses".

Gabriel (I.) dir. FORGIVENESS,
113 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2004. R160

"A landmark South African film." Barry Ronge

Stars Arnold Vosloo who plays a South African policeman granted amnesty by the TRC, Denise Newman and Quanita Adams, who play the family of one of his victims.

Greene (T.) dir. BOY CALLED TWIST,
111 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2005. R95

An adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel, "Oliver Twist", the film tells the story of an orphaned boy living on the streets in Cape Town. Winner of Best Feature at the 2005 Apollo Film Festival.

Includes an interview with director Tim Greene.

Hardie (W.) dir. SEARCHING FOR MERMAIDS IN THE KAROO, a journey along a mythical trail
48 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2008. R185

A documentary about a road trip from Cape Town through the Karoo following a trail of indigenous stories, sightings, fossils and San rock art relating to a local legend about a Karoo mermaid.

Includes a 35 pp. colour travel guide and a map.

Hay (R.) dir. BAD COMPANY,
86 minutes, DVD, , 1975. R70

A feature film set in a black township about a young man who falls under the influence of two streetwise "tsotsis"(gangsters). In Zulu with English subtitles.

Head (J.) dir. NIGHT DRIVE,
100 minutes, DVD, , 2010. R125

A thriller/horror feature film about a group of tourists stranded in a South African game park when their vehicle break down during a night-time game drive.

Hendricks (B.) dir. OM TE SURVIVE IS DO OR DIE,
50 minutes, DVD, , 2007. R175

A thriller about Cape Flats gangs and drugs directed by poet Billy Hendricks, who also stars in the film.

Hendricks (R.) dir. A FISHERMAN'S TALE,
26 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2004. R180

Riaan Hendricks's meditation on his father's life as a fisherman in Kalk Bay, Cape Town.

Hendricks (R.) dir. THE CITY THAT KILLS SOMALIANS,
48 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2007. R220

Capetonian Riaan Hendricks interviews people living in his home town who are struggling to survive and adjust to life under an ANC government. It has nothing to do with current xenophobic attacks or with Somalians.

Hersov (J.) & de Fay (S.) dir. HEAVEN'S HERDS, Nguni cattle - Nguni people
75 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2005. R220

Documentary on Nguni cattle, the hardy breed indigenous to southern Africa, and the economic, social and spiritual role they play in the lives of the Nguni people, especially the amaZulu. Includes footage of a number of ceremonies in which cattle play an important role. Narrated by Prof. Pitika Ntuli, who grew up in the Nkandla district in Zululand and herded cattle as a boy.

Hofmeyr (G.) dir. MAMA JACK,
100 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2005. R110

A comedy about the misadventures of a man who disguises himself as a black woman, Mama Jack, written by and starring Leon Schuster.

Hofmeyr (G.) dir. JOCK OF THE BUSHVELD,
94 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 1986. R130

A film based on the novel by Percy Fitzpatrick.

Hofmeyr (G.) dir. SCHUKS TSHABALALA'S SURVIVAL GUIDE TO SOUTH AFRICA,
91 minutes, DVD, , 2010. R195

A comedy in which Schuks Tshabalala (Leon Schuster) and Shorty (Alfred Ntombela), producers of a survival guide to South Africa for tourists visiting the country for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, show a group of tourists what life in South Africa is like.

Hood (G.) dir. TSOTSI,
91 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2006. R170

A feature film based on the novel, "Tsotsi" by Athol Fugard. The film won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2006. A second DVD includes a short documentary on the making of the film, interviews with director Gavin Hood and members of the cast and footage of their return to South Africa aftewr winning an Oscar.

Hooper (T.) dir. RED DUST,
106 minutes, DVD, , 2005. R95

A feature film set during South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings, based on the novel by Gillian Slovo.

This film won the Audience Award at the Miami International FIlm Festival and the Special Jury Award at the International Film Festival of India.

Irving (A.) dir. BEHIND AN AFRICAN MASK, a search for Africa's forgotten past
52 minutes, DVD, South Africa, No Date. OUT OF PRINT

Explores the theory presented by Dr. Cyril Hromnik, amongst others, that the mariners of ancient India sailed to southern Africa in search of gold, influencing the culture and religion of the region.

Jacobs (S.) dir. DISGRACE,
114 minutes, DVD, , 2009. R165

A feature film based on the novel by J.M.Coetzee.

"This chilly film gets surprisingly close to the tone of Coetzee's precise prose." Philip French, The Observer

"The visionary gravity of J.M.Coetzee's Booker-winning novel is perhaps untranslatable to the screen, but Steve Jacob's film is a very creditable try. A bold one too, in casting John Malkovich, the lizard king, as the lead." Anthony Quinn, The Independent

This film was awarded the Prize of the International Critics at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival.

Jooste (R.) dir. CAPTOR AND CAPTIVE, the story of Danger Ashipala and Johan van der Mescht
62 minutes, DVD, , 2010. R200

In 1978, Johan van der Mescht, a South African army conscript was captured by Danger Ashipala, a guerilla fighting for Namibian independence and held as a prisoner of war in Angola before being exchanged for a Russian spy in 1982. This film covers van der Mescht's meeting with Ashipala in 2009.

Kaganof (A.) dir. SMS SUGARMAN,
79 minutes, DVD, , 2010. R159

A feature film about a pimp and three prostitutes on Christmans Eve, shot entirely on mobile phone cameras.

Kani (J.) dir. NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH,
80 minutes, DVD, , 2008. R70

A film of the play "Nothing but the Truth" by the famous South African actor and writer John Kani, who directed the film and plays the lead role.

The film won numerous awards, including a Silver Stallion Award at the Pan African Film Festival and Television Awards at Ouagadougou (Fespaco) and Best African Film at the 2009 Milan African Film Festival.

Kaplan (K.) dir. THE LIFE & TIMES OF CHRIS HANI,
56 minutes, DVD, , 1994. R150

A documentary on the life of Chris Hani, assassinated in April 1993. The film includes archival footage and interviews with Hani's family, Jeremy Cronin, Raymond Mhlaba, Joe Slovo, Govan Mbeki, Thabo Mbeki, Joe Modise, Tokyo Sexwale and Essop Pahad, as well as recorded interviews with Hani himself.

Kaplan (M.) dir. BETRAYAL,
55 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2006. R275

Documentary on Nokuthula Simelane who disappeared in Johannesburg in 1983 while on a mission for the ANC. Includes interviews with her family and Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela.

Kaplan (M.) dir. ROOTS CALLING,
55 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2004. R180

A documentary on two South African jazz musicians, singer Pinise Saul and guitarist Lucky Ranku, who left South Africa for Britain in the mid-1970s and subsequently performed together all over the world. Because their music was linked to ANC cultural activities they were banned and could not return home. Thrity years later the producers of this film brought them back to Cape Town on a visit.

Filmed in Cape Town and London.

Key (L.) dir. KAROO KITAAR BLUES, David Kramer's South African musical journey
90 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2004. R145

A documentary that follows David Kramer as he travels into Namaqualand and the Great Karoo in search of guitarists, violinists, piano accordionists and mouth organ players who play the almost forgotten Afrikaans folk music, which David Kramer describes as "Karoo Blues". This music, played by shepherds and sheep shearers who are descendants of the Quena people, is a blend of indigenous and colonial influences. He invited nine of these musicians to Cape Town where they recorded their music and performed at the Baxter Theatre.

Key (L.) dir. THE FURIOSUS,
51 minutes, DVD, , 1999. R295

A documentary on the life of Dimitri Tsafendas, the man who assassinated Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd in 1965.

Includes interviews with Gerard Shaw, Helen Suzman, Wilhelm Verwoerd, Breyten Breytenbach, David Bloomberg, Judge Wilfred Cooper and Jaap Marais.

Key (L.) dir. BEARING WITNESS, 30 years of The Market Theatre
50 minutes, DVD, , 2007. R295

A documentary on the history of The Market Theatre in Johannesburg. Includes interviews with Mannie Manim, Janice Honeyman, Vanessa Cooke, John Kani, Pieter Dirk-Uys, Sir Anthony Sher, William Kentridge, Marius Weyers, Gcina Mhlope, WInston Nthsona, Lara Foot-Newton, Clare Stopford, and many others.

Key (L.) dir. DISTANT COUSINS, healing power of nature
24 minutes, DVD, Cape Town, 2008. R295

Documents the relationship quadraplegic painter Kat Jagoe-Davies and her husband Bryan Davies developed with a troop of baboons in Pringle Bay.

Key (L.) dir. REWIND,
50 minutes, DVD, , 2008. R295

A documentary based on "Rewind, a cantata for voice, tape and testimony" created in 2006 by composer Philip Miller to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). In his composition Philip Miller integrates extracts of recorded testimony from TRC hearings as part of the music and as libretto. In her film Liza Key uses footage from a performance of the cantata filmed at the Market Theatre in 2008, news archive, an interview with Philip Miller and interviews with some of the victims and perpetrators included in the cantata.

Kingwill (H.) dir. BURIED IN EARTHSKIN, uncovering the hidden impact of South African's nuclear energy decisions
50 minutes, DVD, 2009, . R140

A documentary on the impact of nuclear power and the search for alternatives. Helena Kingwill visits the nuclear waste dump site in Namaqualand and interviews people of the Nama-Khoi tribe who live nearby. She also visits Pelindaba, the nuclear research centre near Pretoria, and speaks to officials about waste disposal. Includes interviews with Mike Kantey from the Coalition Against Nuclear Energy, Buyelwa Sonjica, the Minister of Minerals and Energy, Tony Stott of Eskom, Derick Elbrecht from the National Union of Mineworlers, economist Patrick Bond and Dr Harald Winkler from the Energy Research Centre at the University of Cape Town.

Kohl (R.) prod. LIRA, live in concert, a celebration
148 minutes, DVD, , 2009. R175

Songwriter and singer Lira recorded and filmed live at Carnival City, Johannesburg, on 21 August 2009.
Also includes a 26 minute documentary, "The Making Of: Lira's story", and three music videos.

At the 15th Annual MTN South African Music Awards Lira won Best Female Solo Artist, Best Adult Contemporary (English), Remix of the Year and Album of the Year for "Soul in Mind".

Kramer (D.) dir. THE KRAMER PETERSEN SONGBOOK,
108 minutes, DVD, , 2008. R145

A recording of David Kramer's show, "Songbook", created as a tribute to his friend and songwriting partner Taliep Petersen, who was murdered in 2007. The show features some of the most famous songs from the seven musicals David Kramer and Taliep Petersen wrote together between 1986 and 2007.

le Grange (E.) dir. 'N POT VOL WINTER,
88 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2006. R130

An Afrikaans film based on the novel by Maretha Maartens, about how a teenage girl reacts to her parents' divorce.

le Roux (G.), Gysae-Edkins (M.) & van der Merwe (K.) dir. WHO'S NEWS?, women and the media
25 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 1999. R265

Members of Women's Media Watch - community workers, lesbian activists, academics, polititians, sexworkers, women with disabilities and survivors of rpae and domestic violence - discuss how women are portrayed in the South African media and the changes that need to be made.

Lewis (J.) dir. BROTHERS IN ARMS,
83 minutes, DVD, , 2007. R265

A documentary on Ronal Humboldt, the only South African to fight in the Cuban Revolution. Filmed in South Africa, Cuba and Angola.

Lewis (J.) dir. TANIA RAISED US,
48 minutes, DVD, , 2004. R265

A documentary on the "horse and cart" people of Cape Town.

Lewis (J.) dir. SANDO TO SAMANTHA, aka The Art of Dikvel
52 minutes, DVD, , 1999. R265

A docu-drama that combines interview mateiral and drama to tell the story of Sando Willemse, aka Samantha Fox, a drag queen from Bonteheuwel in Cape Town. While a member of the South African Defence Force, Sando was tested for HIV without having given his permission. His positive status was disclosed to his entire squad and he was summarily discharged.

Lewis (J.) dir. SOUTH AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS DELEGATION, to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories
48 minutes, DVD, , 2008. R265

Documents the 2008 visit to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories by a South African delegation that included Judge Edwin Cameron and AIDS activist Zackie Achmat.

Lewis (J.) dir. SPARES AND BESTIES,
48 minutes, DVD, , 1999. R265

Produced to encourage frank discussion about sex and sexuality amongst youth, the film looks at the impact of multiple concurrent partnerships, intergenerational and transactional sex, all of which contribute to the South African HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Lewis (J.) dir. GONIWE'S CALLING,
24 minutes, DVD, , 2004. R265

A documentary about Goniwe Stuurman, a gay man from Langa undergoing training as a sangoma.

Lewis (J.) dir. TAC - TAKING HAART,
97 minutes, DVD, , 2011. R355

This film documents the history of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and the struggle for access to antiretroviral treatment for HIV/AIDS, which united South Africans across ethnicity and class.

Lipman (J.) dir. COURTING JUSTICE,
70 minutes, DVD, , 2008. R360

A documentary on the women appointed judges in South Africa since 1994. Includes interviews with Deputy Judge President Jeanette Traverso, Judges of the Cape High Court Patricia Goliath and Tandazwa Ndita, Judge of the Johannesburg High Court Mathilde Masipa, Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeal Mandisa Maya, and Yvonne Mokgoro and Bess Nkabinde of the Constitutional Court.

Music by Philip Miller.

Lister (D.) dir. SOWETO GREEN,
90 minutes, DVD, , 1994. R70

A feature film about a former exile who returns to Soweto and a young white man who returns home with his black fiancée after studying abroad.

Little (B.) dir. FOKOFPOLISIEKAR, forgive them for they know not what they do
107 minutes, DVD, , 2009. R150

A documentary about the influential Afrikaans punk rock band from Bellville near Cape Town, Fokofpolisiekar (fuck-off-police-car), founded in 2003. The band, reviled by conservatives and embraced by Afrikaner youth, challenges the stigmas and expectations placed on them by their Afrikaner heritage.

The film won the Audience Award at the 2009 Encounters International Documentary Film Festival.

Lottering (M.) HALLELUJAH!,
100 minutes, DVD, , 2007. R145

Award-winning Cape comic Marc Lottering's one man show, directed by David Kramer, filmed live at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town in 2007.

Loveland (A.) dir. UNHINGED, surviving Jo'burg
52 minutes, DVD, , 2010. R50

A documentary about living in Johannesburg by events organiser, wedding DJ and first-time filmmaker Adrian Loveland.

Includes interviews with Ferial Haffajee, Justice Malala, Robbie Brozin, Victor Kgomoeswana and Denis Beckett, amongst others.

Maake (N.) dir. HOMECOMING,
90 minutes, DVD, , 2005. R177

A feature film, cut from what was originally a mini-series for SABC, about three Umkhonto we Siswe (MK) soldiers who return home after years in exile and struggle to find their place in post-apartheid society. The film draws on the life experience of filmmaker and writer Zola Maseko, who was an MK soldier.

Mamdoo (F.) dir. WHAT HAPPENED TO MBUYISA?,
65 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 1998. R250

A documentary about Mbuyisa Makhubu, the young student who carried the body of Hector Peterson after he was shot during the Soweto student uprising of June 16, 1976. Harassed by the security police after the photograph was published around the world, he went into exile, first to Botswana and then to Nigeria. His family last heard from him in 1978. He has been missing ever since.

Mamdoo (F.) dir. OF JOURNEY, HOME AND TREASURE,
72 minutes, DVD, , 2008. R275

Filmed in 2000 this documentary chronicles the journey South African filmmaker Feizel Mamdoo and the late Dumisani Dlamini made to the "Festival of the Dhow Countries" in Zanzibar. The festival is a celebration of African, Indian and Arab cultures, brought together in Zanzibar by the dhow. In this way Dumisani, of African and Indian Tamil descent, and Feizel, of Muslim Indian descent, sought to better understand the relations between African and Indian in South Africa.

Marsh (D.) dir. DOLLARS & WHITE PIPES,
96 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2005. R130

A film based on the life story of Bernie Baatjies from Hanover Park on the Cape Flats, who seeks to fulfill his dream of becoming like the character JR from the TV series Dallas.

Marshall (J.) dir. A KALAHARI FAMILY,
5 x 72 minutes, DVD, , 2002. OUT OF PRINT

A five-part series that documents fifty years in the life of the Ju/'hoan of Nyae Nyae in Namibia.
The series begins in 1951, when John Marshall first met Oma Tsamkxao and his extended family, and documents their lives as independent, self-sufficient hunter-gatherers. It continues through their experiences of dispossession, militarization and exploitation, and ends in 2001 with their attempts to establish viable farming methods.

Part 1. A Far Country
Part 2. End of the Road
Part 3. The Real Water
Part 4. Standing Tall
Part 5. Death by Myth

This series won a Jury Award at the Athens Film Festival, a Seahorse Award at the Moondance Film Festival and the Grand Jury Award, Best in World Cinema, at the DC Independent Film Festival in Washinton.

Marx (F.) dir. WEERSKANT DIE NAG,
87 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 1979. R130

An Afrikaans film based on the novel by P.G.du Plessis. Stars Alletta Bezuidenhout and Nic van Rensburg.

Matabane (K.) dir. CONVERSATIONS ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON,
80 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2007. R95

A film, part-drama and part-documentary, that offers insight into the realities of displacement. Interwoven with the fictional story of a Somalian refugee are various interviews Khalo Matabane conducted with refugees and immigrants living in Johannesburg.

Matabane (K.) dir. A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY,
70 minutes, DVD, , 2004. R160

South African filmmaker Khalo Matabane travels across South Africa in a minibus taxi talking to the passengers and filming from inside the vehicle.

Khalo Matabane is also the director of the film "Conversations on a Sunday Afternoon".

Mattera (T.) dir. MAX AND MONA,
100 minutes, DVD, , 2005. R120

A comedy about a young man with the unusual talent of being able to cry at funerals, who leaves his rural village for Johannesburg, where he hopes to become a doctor.

This film was named Best Screenplay at the 2004 Sithengi CT Wold Film Festival and won the Best New Film Award, Fespaco 2005.

Music by Philip Miller.

Mattera (T.) dir. MAX AND MONA,
100 minutes, DVD, , 2005. R45

A comedy about a young man with an unusual talent for crying at funerals. He leaves his rural village to travel to Johannesburg, where he hopes to become a "white doctor".

This film won Best Screenplay at the Sithengi CT World Film Festival 2004 and Best New Film at Fespaco 2005.

Mawuru (G.) dir. NERIA,
103 minutes, DVD, , 1993. R100

A feature film about a woman whose brother-in-law claims inheritance rights to her and her property according to African tradition after her husband dies. Starring Jesesi Mungoshi and Dominic Kanaventi.

Soundtrack by Zimbabwean musician Oliver Mtukudzi.

This film won ten international awards including OAU award Carthage (Egypt) in 1991 and South Africa's MNET Awards for Best Actress, Best Music and Best Film in 1992.

Mbuli (M.) MZWAKHE MBULI, born free but everywhere in chains
52 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2001. R110

A collection of poems written and performed to music by Mzwakhe Mbuli.

McKneally (G.) dir. PEACE BEYOND JUSTICE, the Gacaca courts of Rwanda
66 minutes, DVD, Institute for Justice & Reconciliation, , 2008. R150

A documentary on the Gacaca Courts, established in Rwanda in 2001 in the wake of the 1994 genocide. These courts are inspired by traditional cultural communal law enforcement procedures. The word "gacaca" means "on the grass" and the gatherings are literally on the grass, under trees. These courts do not deal with the main planners and instigators of the genocide but the followers and perpetrators. The cornerstone is confession.

Meyburgh (C.) dir. VIVA MADIBA, "a hero for all seasons"
95 minutes, DVD, , 2008. R130

A celebration of Nelson Mandela's life, made in the year he turned 90. Includes interviews with Desmond Tutu, Pik Botha, Cyril Ramaphosa, Ahmed Kathrada, Helen Suzman, Mac Maharaj, Sydney Kentridge, George Bizos, Amina Cachalia, Jessie Duarte, and Francois Pienaar.

Mistry (J.) dir. WE REMEMBER DIFFERENTLY, a short film
26 minutes, DVD, , 2004. R135

A film about a mother and daughter coming to terms with their memories.

Associate Professor Jyoti Mistry teaches writing for experimental film and documentary at Wits School of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand.

Mistry (J.) dir. I MIKE WHAT I LIKE, let loose the word
50 minutes, DVD, , 2006. R215

Director Jyoti Mistry's film of poet Kgafela oa Magogodi's stage play of the same title. She combines footage of Magogodi performing his poems, Musawenkosi Xokelelo painting his canvases and Ernst Mothle playing the double bass with footage of Johannesburg.

"The film aimed to capture the viseral connection of the sound of words, its social and political commentary, with complimentary and contradictory images inspired by the city of Johannesburg and the paintings from the live performance." Jyoti Mistry

Moloi (V.) dir. MEN OF GOLD,
54 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2006. R245

Documentary on the lives of two unemployed men on the streets of Johannesburg.

Morris (C.) dir. VUKA SIZWE BENEFIT CONCERT, honouring Busi Mhlongo
110 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2007. OUT OF PRINT

The SABC hosted the inaugural Vuka Sizwe Benefit Concert on 28 October 2007 at Old Jo'burg Park Station, Newtown Precinct, Johannesburg, in honour of singer Busi Mhlongo, who besides fighting breast cancer was also celebrating her 60th birthday. Through this concert the SABC sought to raise funds in support of the fight against breast cancer, and to contribute to the establishment of a South African Social Security Trust Fund for Musicians.

Artists include Dumisile, Thandiswa Mazwai, Simphiwe Dana, Sibongile Khumalo, Dorothy Masuka, Gloria Bosman and Ray Phiri.

Filmed live for television.

Mukuna (T.I.) dir. CAPE TOWN - MOTHER CITY?,
36 minutes, DVD, , 2011. R195

Tresor Ilunga Mukuna investigates how homeless people in Cape Town see and experience the "Mother City".

Muteba (J.) dir. JESUS IN HILLBROW,
28 minutes, DVD, , 2009. R100

A film about a man sent to Hillbrow to preach the gospel to prostitutes, drug dealers and illegal immigrants.

Ncayiyana (M.) dir. IZULU LAMI, My Secret Sky
96 minutes, DVD, , 2009. R130

A, award-winning feature film about two orphans who travel to the city to enter their dead mother's grass mat into a competition and end up being taken in by a gang of street children.

In Zulu, with English subtitles.

Nel (F.) dir. BOSVELDHOTEL, die moevie
92 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 1982. R130

An Afrikaans film about two men who challenge a mining company. Stars Danie Smuts and Zack du Plessis.

Nogueira (H.) dir. INGRID JONKER, her lives and time...
150 minutes, DVD, , 2007. R150

A documentary on the poet Ingrid Jonker (1933-1965). Includes interviews with Andre Brink, Jan Rabie, Majorie Wallace, Sir Laurens van der Post, Breyten Breytenbach, Revel Fox, Grethe Fox, James Matthews, Peter Clarke, Michael Cope, Erik Laubsher and James Matthews. Poetry read by Antjie Krog and Ingrid Jonker. Ingrid's diaries read by Aletta Bezuidenhout. Jack Cope diaries read by Graham Hopkins.

This film won the 2008 South African Film and Television Award for Best Documentary.

Ntshinga (T.) dir. EZETHU, indigenous Xhosa ceremonial songs and dances
40 minutes running time, DVD, , 2009. R215

A musical that celebrates Xhosa culture, created and produced by Prof. Nomvula Mtetwa, filmed at a performance at the Artscape Theatre in Cape Town in April 2009.

In Xhosa. Includes a 14 pp. programme with English precis of the different scenes.

Oderson (K.) dir. THE UNSEEN ONES,
19 minutes, DVD, , 2011. R215

A documentary about 27 year old hip hop musician Legan Davids (aka Nico10long) who lives in Wesbank/Delft on the Cape Flats. His Afrikaans lyrics reflect his life experiences in a community suffering from the effects of rampant crime, poor education and chronic unemployment. Also includes a music video, "Vaderfiguur", in which Davids raps about trying to raise a young daughter while being unemployed.

Kurt Oderson's other films include "Definition of Freedom" and "Prodigal Son".

Ojang (O.), O'Donoghue (K.) & Redelinghuys (M.) dir. CONGO MY FOOT, the story of Tinolamusica, a Congolese band in Cape Town
30 minutes, DVD, , 2009. R95

A documentary about Mohamed Myamakala, a Congolese immigrant and manager of a Congolese Kwasa Kwasa band, Tinolamusica, in Cape Town. The film focuses on the effects of the 2008 xenophobic attacks on the lives of the band members.

Olivier (S.) dir. SHORELINES, discovering South Africa's coast
672 minutes, DVDs, , 2009. R325

A 14 (x 48 minutes) episode TV series that explores the nearly 2800 kilometers of South African coastline, from the Orange River in the west to the lake system of Kosi Bay in the east. The series documents the vastly diverse fauna and flora, as well as the histories, cultures and traditions of the different regions.

Orderson (K.) dir. VISIBLY INVISIBLE,
60 minutes, DVD, , 2008. R230

A film about the 2008 African History Week Festival in Oslo, Norway.

The African History Week is an annual cultural festival that takes place in Norway every year. Africans from the continent and the Diaspora use music, film, dance, poetry and workshops to celebrate African history, culture and identity. Features musicians Tlokwe Sehume from South Africa and Bonga from Angola.

Orderson (K.) dir. THE PRODIGAL SON,
64 minutes, DVD, , 2008. R230

Rastafarian filmmaker Kurt Orderson documents his journey to Barbados in 2007 to explore his ancestral roots. His great grandfather, Joseph Orderson, an emancipated slave who immigrated to Cape Town from the West Indies in the 1980s.

Orr (A.) dir. THE UNFORGIVING,
75 minutes, DVD, , 2010. R125

A thriller/horror feature film about a couple stranded alongside a highway outside Johannesburg who, while waiting for help, are abducted by a masked madman.

Paramoer (E.) dir. DEAFENING ECHOES,
25 minutes, DVD, South Africa, No Date. R265

Documentary about Umkhonto we Sizwe soldier, Anton Fransch (b. 1969), who died in 1989 in a shoot-out at his home in Athlone, a previously coloured suburb in Cape Town. after keeping a squadron of South African Police and South African Defence Force members sent to arrest him at bay for seven hours.

Peterson (B.) & Suleman (R.) ZULU LOVE LETTER,
156 pp., b/w & colour illus., paperback, DVD, Johannesburg, 2009. R300

The script of the award-winning screenplay, Zulu Love Letter, written by Bhekizizwe Peterson and Ramadan Suleman. The script won the Special Jury Prize - Best Script 2001, France, 15th Edition, Grand Prix du Meilleur Scenariste. The film, directed by Ramadan Suleman, has won ten international awards.

Foreword by Mbye Cham.
Includes the essays, "Beadworks and Visual Praise Poems" by Anitra Nettleton,
"Love, Loss, Memory and Truth" by Jacqueline Maingard,
"Writer's Statement, trauma, art and healing" by Bhekizizwe Peterson, and
"Director's Statement" by Ramadan Suleman.

Includes a DVD of the films "Zulu Love Letter" (2004) and "Fools" (1997).

Bhekizizwe Peterson and Ramadan Suleman are directors of Natives At Large, the production company that produced "Fools", "Zulu Love Letter" and "Zwelidumile" (2009).

Raeburn (M.) dir. TRIOMF,
118 minutes, DVD, , 2008. R140

A feature film adapted from the award-winning novel "Triomf" by Marlene van Niekerk. Winner of Best South African Film at the 2008 Durban International Film Festival.

"This powerful picture must surely be seen as a triumph for South African filmmaking." The Mail & Guardian

Ramirez (A.), Gouveia (S.) & MacNaughton (C.) dir. MAMA GOEMA, the Cape Town beat in five movements
55 minutes, DVD, , 2011. R177

A documentary on the origins and influences of goema, the distinctive musical sound of Cape Town. Features local musicians Hilton Schilder, Ernestine Deane, Kyle Shepherd and Mac MacKenzie, founder of The Genuines and The Goema Captains of Cape Town. The film culminates in a performance of MacKenzie's recent composition, "Goema Symphony No.1".

In English, Afrikaans and Xhosa, with subtitles.

Redelinghuys (M.) dir. KEISKAMMA, a story of love
90 minutes, DVD, , 2007. R295

A documentary about the making of the massive Keiskamma tapestry, an altarpiece made by 140 women from Hamburg, a tiny village in the Eastern Cape devastated by unemployment, poverty and HIV/AIDS. The tapestry reflects the stories of the people of Hamburg. The film follows Dr Carol Hofmeyr as she divides her time between Umthawelanga Hospice where she works, house calls, and visiting the women creating the altarpiece.

This documentary won the Ousmane Sembene Films for Development Award at the 12th Zanzibar International Film Festival.

Robben Island Museum THE OFFICIAL ROBBEN ISLAND EXPERIENCE,
17 minutes, DVD, , 2005. R140

A tour of Robben Island's history: its early years as a leprosy patients colony and a mental asylum, its time as a maximum security prison and its present-day role as a museum.

Extra features include interviews with two former prison warders, former prisoner Ahmed Kathrada, and an island conservationist.

Roodt (D.) dir. YESTERDAY,
111minutes, DVD, Johannesburg, 2003. R130

This film, which tells the story of a rural woman who discovers she is HIV positive, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It won a Human Rights Film Award at the Venice Film Festival, and Best Picture at the Pune International Film Festival.

Roodt (D.J.) dir. CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY,
106 minutes, DVD, South Africa, (1995). R130

A film based on the novel by Alan Paton, starring James Earl Jones and Richard Harris.

Ross (L.) dir. VOËLVRY, the movie
70 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2006. R145

Documentary about the group of young Afrikaner rock musicians who, during the 1989 State of Emergency, travelled around South Africa performing their iconic protest music. Includes live footage and interviews captured on the Voëlvry Tour, as well as more recent interviews with some of those who were involved. Musicians featured include Bernoldus Niemand (James Phillips), Koos Kombuis (Andrè le Toit) and Johannes Kerkorrel and other members of the Gereformeerde Blues Band. Also includes interviews with Max du Preez, founder of Vrye Weekblad, Lloyd Ross of Shifty Records, and Dagga Dirk-Uys, the tour organisers.

In Afrikaans, with optional English subtitles

Ross (L.) dir. THE SILVER FEZ, a film in Cape Town's unique Malay choir culture
87 minutes, DVD, , 2009. R150

A documentary that follows the struggle between two all-male Malay choirs from the Cape Flats, the Continentals and the Starlights, as they compete with each other in the annual competition for The Silver Fez trophy.

Script by Rian Malan.

This film won Best Documentary at both the 2009 Durban International Film Festival and the 2009 Tri Continental Film Festival.

Rudner (B.) dir. VOICES OF AFRICA, episodes 1 - 13
13 x 26 minutes, 4 x DVD, , 2006. R460

A thirteen-part television series in which South African poets from different cultural backgrounds focus on various aspects of South African life, culture and heritage. Filmed across the country and in fourteen languages with English subtitles, each poet dicusses and reads one of their poems. Poets include Gcina Mhlope, Diana Ferrus, Kholekile McForeman Manciya, Antjie Krog, Kelwyn Sole, Cebisile Hlmabo, Danisile Ntuli, Elphus Jawa Mhlanga, Belinda Kruiper, Pedro Dausab, Naledi Agatha Dlamini, Suzan "Didi" Nahlatsi, Michael Cope, Botsotso Jesters, Jitsvinger, Ingrid de Kock, Mbongeni Khumalo and Gabeba Baderoon.

SABC Business Development UNGUMUNTU NGABANTU, Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
123 minutes, DVD, , 2009. R150

An uncritical documentary on Jacob Zuma, which locates him within the context of African history and culture, as a traditional leader at his homestead in the village of Inkandla in KwaZulu-Natal. It also covers his rise to power in the ANC and his inauguration as President.

Said (A.) & Thompson (B.) dir. TARAAB, an ocean of melodies
51 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2005. R285

A documentary on the different musical and performance traditions of Zanzibar. Focuses especially on taraab, a blend of Indian, Arabic and African influences.

Part of the Rhythms from Africa documentary series.

Said (A.A.) dir. SCRATCH, MIX AND ?,
51 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2003. R285

Looks at youth music culture in South Africa and Zanzibar. Includes interviews with social anthropologist David Coplan, musician and composer Sipho "Hotstix" Mabuse and kwaito artists Bongi Nkosi Tutu (Zola), Queen Sesoga and Arthur and performances by kwaito groups Black Noise and Goddessa.

Part of the Rhythms from Africa documentary series.

Said (A.A.) dir. GOLD, TEARS AND MUSIC,
51 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2003. R285

Traces the creation of Johannesburg's distinctive sound, Marabi, through to Kwela and Mbaqanga. Includes interviews with social anthropologist David Coplan, film director Glenn Udjebe, composers and musicians Jonas Gwanga, Big Voice Jack, Lemmy Special and Sipho "Hotstix" Mabusa, and journalist Gwen Ansell and a performance by Pops Mohamed.

Part of the Rhythms from Africa documentary series.

Saiyada (H.) dir. AFRICAN INDIAN ODYSSEY,
65 minutes running time, DVD, , 2010. R235

A documentary on Indian South Africans and their history, made to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the arrival of indentured Indian labourers in South Africa.

Includes archival footage and numerous interviews with ordinary people, historians and social commentators, including playwright Ronnie Govender and historian Goolam Vahed. Narrated and presented by author Achmat Dangor, historian William Gumede, television personality Amrita Gandhi and artist Riason Naidoo.

Schaffers (J.) prod. DISTRICT SIX, the colour of our skin?
50 minutes, DVD, South Africa, No Date. R186

A documentary on the history of District Six, told by Joe Schaffers who was born and grew up in the area, before being moved to the Cape Flats in 1967. He now works as an educator at the District Six Museum.

Schlesinger (M.) dir. UGUGU NO ANDILE,
90 minutes, DVD, , 2009. R225

An award-winning film based on Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, and set in Thokoza township in 1993. Ugugu no Andile, the story of a tragic love affair between a Xhosa boy and a Zulu girl, was first broadcast as a six-part mini-series on South African television and then made into a feature film.

Schmitz (O.) dir. MAPANTSULA,
104 minutes, DVD, , 1988. R95

A classic South African feature film about Panic, a small-time crook in Johannesburg arrested with a group of political activists, interrogated by the police and offered money to testify against the activists sharing his prison cell.

Schmitz (O.) dir. HIJACK STORIES,
90 minutes, DVD, , 2003. R125

A feature film about a young black man who, on being told to get some experience of street life in order to get a part in a gangster film, works his way into a gang.

Oliver Schmitz also directed the film "Mapanstsula".

Serra (D.A.) dir. CAPE OF RAPE,
52 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 1999. R215

Derek Antonio Serra documents the experiences of seven women who were raped in and around Cape Town.

Serra (D.A.) dir. STREETLIFE - VIRGINS,
52 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 1998. R215

A documentary on the experiences of five street prostitutes, aged from 12 to 34 years, working in Woodstock and Green Point in Cape Town.

Please note that this film contains sexually explicit language and scenes.

Serra (D.A.) dir. CULTURE CLASH!,
52 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2001. R215

A documentary that looks at the misconceptions, misunderstandings, and prejudices that exist between the different cultural groups in South Afica.

Serra (D.A.) dir. WHITE WORKING CLASS,
48 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2007. R215

Director Derek Serra's personal film on his father, an Italian immigrant who came to South Afica in 1920 to work in the building industry.

Serra (D.A.) prod. WOMEN SPEAK OUT!,
4 x 24 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2001. R300

A 4 x 24 minutes documentary series directed by three emerging black women directors:
"Bring Back Yesterday", directed by Lungiswa Sithole, which looks at the lives of pensioners in the township hostels of Langa and Guguletu,
"Parent Alone", directed by Bongi Mdongwe, which documents the lives of a few men who are single parents,
"Body Beautiful", directed by Omelga Mthlyane, which explores black women's attitudes towards their bodies, and
"Speaking Out", directed Terry Westby-Nunn, which looks at the realities facing emerging black women filmmakers.

Servais (N.) dir. SOWING IN TEARS,
60 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2007. R100

Based on the book, "HIV/AIDS, a call to action, responding as Christians" by Bishop Hugh Slattery MSC, Bishop of Tzaneen, this film documents the response of the Diocese of Tzaneen in Limpopo Province to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The Diocese has adopted a three pronged approach which involves implementing the "Education for Life" programme, home-based care and the care of orphans and needy children.

Winner of the Fraternity Prize at the Religion Film Festival in 2007 and the 22nd International Catholic Film and Multimedia Festival in Poland in 2007.

Servais (N.) dir. THE CHANGE IS ON, tools for pure living, education for life from Uganda to South Africa
49 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2007. R100

A sequel to the award-winning DVD, "Sowing in Tears", this DVD focuses on the educational and preventative aspect of the Diocese of Tzaneen's response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, especially their implementation of the "Education for Life" programme developed in Uganda.

Shamis (K.) dir. IMAM AND I, murder, myth and memory do not the Imam make
80 minutes, DVD, , 2011. R256

Independent filmmaker Khalid Shamis returns to South Africa from London to investigate the life of his famous grandfather, Imam Abdullah Haron. In Cape Town in the 1950s and 1960s Haron spoke out against the injustices of apartheid, was incarcerated and killed in detention in 1969. This film won the Best Film and Audience Award at the 2011 Encounters Film Festival.

The DVD also includes the 10 minute film, "The Killing of the Imam", made by Shamis in 2010, which explores Imam Haron's life and death.

Shaw (J.) dir. DARLING!, the Pieter-Dirk Uys story
54 minutes, DVD, , 2007. R120

A documentary on political satirist Pieter Dirk-Uys. Australian director Julian Shaw focuses especially on Pieter Dirk-Uys's use of comedy to help educate school children and adults about HIV/AIDS.

This film won the Independent Spirit Award at the 2007 Inside Film Awards.

Silke (R.) dir. THE SATYR OF SPRINGBOK HEIGHTS,
54 minutes, DVD, , 2009. R177

A "mocumentary" produced, written and directed by architect Robert Silke, who describes the film as "a comedic satire about a building full of tragic people - all of whom 'know' a saryr."

Filmed in one of Cape Town's iconic buildings, Holyrood, in Queen Victoria Street, and inspired by an article on the Art Deco building written by journalist Lin Sampson for the Sunday Times, the film also stars Lin Sampson, UCT architecture professor Fabio Todeschini, cultural historian and drama lecturer John Caviggia, and well-known Cape Town vagrant Caroline Abrams, who all play themselves.

Silver (S.) dir. THE BANG BANG CLUB,
109 minutes, DVD, , 2011. R200

A feature film about four young photographers - Greg Marinovich, Joao Silva, Ken Oosterbroek and Kevin Carter - who worked in the townships between 1990 and 1994, risking their lives to take photographs of the brutality and violence that preceded South Africa's first democratic elections. The film is based on the book, "The Bang Bang Club: snapshots from a hidden war", by Greg Marinovich and Joao Silva.

"It's a true story, superbly shot but - more importantly - a stunning thriller. It's an instant South African movie classic." Barry Ronge, Sunday Times

Slater (K.) dir. FROM NKOKO, with love
49 minutes, DVD, , 2005. R240

A documentary about Grace Masuku, a tribal matriarch of the Bakgatla ba Kgafela tribe and a retired headmistress, who travels around sharing her conviction in the power of indigenous knowledge with the youth. Her teachings cover Tswana ancestors, traditional sex education and healing plants.

Filmed on location in Tswaneng, North West Province, and Pilanesberg National Park. In English and Setswana, with English subtitles.

"Nkoko" means "granny" in Setswana.

Spiller (G.), Trengove (J.), Moloi (V.), Mamdoo (F.), Key (L.) & Ella (T.) dir. A COUNTRY IMAGINED, a South African journey through landscape, art, culture
5 DVDs, 13 x 48 minute episodes, , 2010. R320

A 13 epiode series that takes the viewer on a journey across South Africa, exploring the landscapes that have inspired artists, writers, musicians and dancers throughout the country's turbulent history.

Presented by South African musician, dancer and anthropologist Johnny Clegg, the series features the work of over four hundred artists.

STEPS International WHY DEMOCRACY?, a global documentary project
11 hours 42 minutes, 11 x DVD, , 2007. R795

This series contains thirteen short films and ten 52 minute documentaries from Bolivia, China, Croatia, Cuba, Denmark, DR Congo, Egypt, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Liberia, Pakistan, Russia, South Africa, Spain, the United Kingdom and the USA. The commissioned films were selected from over four hundred submissions on the strength of their engagement with questions around the meaning and value democracy.
The ten documentaries are:
Bloody Cartoons directed by Karsten Kjaer (Denmark)
The Kawasaki Campaign! directed by Kazuhiro Soda (Japan)
Dinner with the President directed by Sabiha Sumar and Sachithanandam Sahananthan (Pakistan)
Egypt: We Are Watching You directed by Jehane Nourjaim and Sherief Elkatsha (Egypt)
For God, Tsar and the Fatherland directed by Nino Kirtadze (Russia)
In Search of Gandhi directed by Lalit Vachani (India)
Iron Ladies of Liberia directed by Siatta Scott Johnson and Daniel Junge (Liberia)
Looking for the Revolution directed by Rodrigo Vazquez (China)
Taxi to the Dark Side directed by Alex Gibney (USA). This film won an Oscar for Best Documentary in 2008.

Also includes the short film, "Don't Shoot" directed by Lucilla Blankenberg, on Afrikaans newsreader Riaan Cruywagen, the longest serving newsreader in the world. Riaan has read the news on South African television since 1976, and through South Africa's transition to democracy.

Sunderström (N.) dir. FINDING LENNY,
183 minutes, DVD, , 2009. R165

A comedy about a fifty-year old man who loses his job, his wife, gets held up by a heist gang, locked in a car boot and dumped in a remote village.

Telford (A.) dir. ADONIS MUSATI PROJECT, a better life
13 minutes, DVD, , (2009). R45

A short film on the Adonis Musati Project, founded in 2007 and named after a young Zimbabwean man who died of starvation on the streets of Cape Town whilst waiting to get his asylum papers. The project assists refugees in a similar situation.

The Southern African Housing Foundation BUILDING YOUR OWN HOME,
74 minutes, DVD, , 2009. R195

A DVD produced by the Southern African Housing Foundation that "demonstrates and explains the step-by-step process of building your own home which incorporates the preparation, building terms, tools required, foundations, foundation walls, floor slab, doors & windows, lintels & roof tiles, electrical installation, water & drainage, plastering, glazing, painting and then the finishing process."

Thompson (B.) dir. OUR LANGUAGE, OUR MUSIC, OUR CITY,
51 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2003. R285

Presents the three musical cultures in Cape Town: the music that has its roots in the goema rhythm created during the years of slavery, the Xhosa music which has incorporated some Khoisan sounds, and jazz. Includes interviews with musician and historian Vincent Kolbe, musicians and composers Errol Dyers, Robbie Jansen and Spencer Mbadu, musicologist Alvin Petersen and music journalist Dinga Sikwebu.

Part of the Rhythms from Africa documentary series.

Tilsley (P.) dir. LOYISO GOLA FOR PRESIDENT, the final run
65 minutes, DVD, , 2009. R100

South African comedian Loyiso Gola's one man show, filmed at the Market Theatre. He was awarded the 2007 South African Comedy Award for this show.

Torline (C.) prod. BRENDA, the DVD
60 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2005. R110

The story of South African singer Brenda Fassie, who died in 2004, aged 40. Includes interviews with the singer, footage taken from documentaries and many of her music videos.

Tosco (D.) dir. SCARS,
30 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 1998. R265

Documentary on two street children in Cape Town. Dialogue in Afrikaans and Xhosa, with English subtitles.

Trengove (J.) dir. HOPEVILLE,
91 minutes, DVD, , 2010. R140

A film about a recovering alcoholic who moves to the run-down rural town of Hopeville hoping to build a new life for himself and his alienated son.

Turner (J.) dir. WHITE WEDDING,
94 minutes, DVD, , 2009. R140

A comedy about two friends driving from Johannesburg to Cape Town for a wedding.

Jann Turner is also the author of 3 books, "Heartland" (1997), "Home is Where You Find It" (2000) and "Southern Cross" (2003).

Turner (J.) dir. PARADISE STOP,
90 minutes, DVD, , 2011. R195

A comedy set in a small Limpopo town, Paradise Stop is the story of an honest detective, Potso Mogopudi, and his shady friend, Ben Khumalo, owner of a truck stop and meeting point for the long-haul carriers on their way into and out of South Africa.

"The film looks great. Seiphemo and Nkosi show what resourceful and entertaining actors they are, the story is as topical as next week's news headlines." Barry Ronge, Sunday Times

Jann Turner is also the director of the film, "White Wedding".

Uys (P-D.) FOREIGN AIDS,
129 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2002. R110

South African satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys in his one-man performance, "Foreign Aids", filmed live on stage at Pieter Toerien's Montecasino Theatre in Johannesburg in September 2002.

"'Foreign Aids' is a personal journey by a middle-aged South African through the minefield of this young democracy threatened by the HIV-virus and the stigma of AIDS".

Uys (P-D.) EVITA FOR PRESIDENT,
126 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2007. R110

The stage show by satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys, filmed by Brian Tilley at the Baxter Theatre, Cape Town, in November 2007.

Uys (P-D.) FARCE ABOUT UYS,
126 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 1984. R110

The stage show of FARCE ABOUT UYS, written by and staring Pieter-Dirk Uys with Chris Galloway and Thoko Ntshinga and directed by Dawie Malan. The show toured South Africa during 1983 and 1984. This adapted DVD-version was filmed before a live audience in Johannesburg in 1984.

Uys (P-D.) BLAST FROM THE PAST, Adapt or Dye/ Beyond the Rubicon
86 minutes, DVD, South Africa, (2007). R110

Highlights from two of satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys's early shows, "Adapt or Die", filmed live at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg in 1982, and "Beyond the Rubicon", filmed live at the Nico Malan Theatre in Cape Town in 1986.

Uys (P-D.) THE END IS NAAI,
53 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2004. R110

Satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys celebrates ten years of equality and human rights in South Africa. Filmed live at the Theatre on the Bay in Cape Town in July 2004.

In English and Afrikaans.

Uys (P-D.) SKATING ON THIN UYS,
94 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 1985. R110

A film written by and starring Pieter-Dirk Uys as Evita Bezuidenhout, directed by Bromley Cawood.

Uys (P-D.) THE GREAT COMEDY TREK, volumes 1 & 2
96 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2004. R110

A four-part TV series, compiled from Pieter-Dirk Uys shows of the 1980s.

van den Bergh (R.) dir. FAITH LIKE POTATOES, based on an inspiring true story
111 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2006. R155

Based on the autobiography, "Faith Like Potatoes" by Angus Buchan, a Zambian farmer of Scottish descent who left Zambia in the midst of land claims to begin a new life on a farm, "Shalom", in Greytown, KwaZulu-Natal. The film tells the story of his conversion to Christianity and his new life as a farmer involved in his community.

van den Bergh (R.) dir. CIRCLES IN THE FOREST,
93 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 1989. R140

A film based on the novel by Dalene Matthee.

van den Bergh (R.) dir. HANSIE, a true story
122 + 240 minutes, 2 x DVD, , 2008. R185

A feature film based on the life of former South African cricket captain Hansie Cronjé, banned for life from any involvement in cricket after being accused of match-fixing and other irregularities. He died in a plane crash in 2002. Frank Rautenbach plays Hansie.

Includes a second 240 minute film, "Our Hansie", in which Frans Cronjé, Hansie Cronjé's brother, interviews more than 65 people who knew Hansie. People interviewed include family members, Ali Bacher and South African cricketers Jonty Rhodes, Clive Rice, Peter Pollock, Allan Donald and Gary Kristen, former minister of sport Ngconde Balfour, and Judge Edwin King, who led the match-fixing inquiry in South Africa.

van der Merwe (K.) & Tosco (D.) dir. IDUMA ELINGOPIYO/ THE WOUND THAT DOES NOT BLEED, a view from the inside
53 minutes, DVD, Cape Town, 1998. R265

Documentary on the lives of street children in Cape Town. Dialogue in English, Afrikaans and Xhosa, with English subtitles. This film won Second Prize for Best Foreign Film at Adriatico Cinema International FIlm Festival, Rimini, Italy.

van der Merwe (K.) dir. DOING IT!, the trauma and ecstacy of sexuality
52 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2003. R265

Four South African women from different backgrounds discuss their sexuality.

van der Merwe (K.) dir. THE BOTTOM LINE, paying the price
52 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2000. R265

A documentary about the effect international patent laws and drug prices have on the lives of people living with HIV and AIDS in South Africa. Includes interviews with Edwin Cameron, Zackie Achmat and Nkosi Johnson.

van der Merwe (K.) dir. BROWN,
54 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2004. R265

Documentary on pregnant Capetonian singer and songwriter Ernestine Deane and her family. In the 1960s her grandparents, classified coloured, were evicted from their functioning farm in Constantia and relocated to the suburb of Grassy Park. The film won First Prize - African Documentary at the 15th Milan African, Asian & Latin American Film Festival and Best South African Documentary at the 26th Durban International Film Festival.

van der Oest (P.) dir. BLACK BUTTERFLIES,
95 minutes, DVD, , 2012. R327

A feature film based on the life of Afrikaans poet Ingrid Jonker (1933-1965).

"'Black Butterflies' is a film that asserts Jonker as a complex, contradictory and rebellious poet. It provides an exceptional look into her life, concentrating on her tumultuous affair with [Jack] Cope, her troubled relationship with her father, and her great need to express herself through her poetry." Karen van Chalkwyk in the Mail & Guardian.

Verster (F.) dir THE MOTHERS' HOUSE,
76 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2006. R180

Documents four years in the life of Miché Moses, a teenager living with her HIV-positive mother, Valencia, her grandmother, Amy, an aunt and two siblings in a small house in Bonteheuwel, a previously coloured suburb in Cape Town. This film won Best Documentary at the Cape Town World Cinema Festival in 2005, Best Documentary at the 2006 SAFTA Awards, Best Documentary at the Apollo Film Festival 2006 and Best Film at Play-Doc in 2007, as well as numerous other awards.

Verster (F.) dir. SEA POINT DAYS, a record in five parts
93 minutes, DVD, , 2009. R177

Sea Point is a Cape Town suburb on the Atlantic seaboard which under apartheid was reserved for whites only. Today the promenade and the municipal pools are one of the few public spaces used by all the city's peoples.

Emmy award-winning filmmaker Francois Verster records life at Sea Point's promenade and municipal pools and captures the tensions of a society in transition.

"To stroll around a place in this open manner, to find a plethora of outstanding detail, and to at the same time tell a complex story of a nation that reaches far beyond a little beach area is an awesome achievement." Munich International FIlm Festival

This film won Best Editor Prize at the 2009 DocNZ Film Festival.

Verster (F.) dir. A LION'S TRAIL,
55 minutes, DVD, , 2002. R225

A documentary about the famous South African song, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", and the original composer, Solomon Linda, an illiterate Zulu musician who died a poor man while others continue to make millions from adaptations.

"A gripping investigation into the shady world of copyright piracy, and a rousing celebration of the power of song to inspire and unite across continents and generations." Encounter Film Festival 2003

Verster (F.) dir. PAVEMENT ARISTOCRATS, the bergies of Cape Town
58 minutes running time, DVD, , 1998. R177

A documentary of the "Bergies", a homeless community living on the streets of Cape Town.

"A significant debut...'Pavement Aristocrats' constitutes an important, sensitively filmed attempt to humanise a largley demonised community" Mail & Guardian

Verster (F.) dir. WHEN THE WAR IS OVER, the story of South Africa's lost generation
52 minutes, DVD, , 2003. R265

A documentary on the after-effects of the struggle against apartheid, as experienced by two survivors from the Bonteheuwel Military Wing, a militant teenage self-defence unit from the 1980s. Gori is now a captain in the new South African army while his old friend and comrade, Marlon, is a gang member, like most of the ex-activists.

This film was named Best Documentary at the 2004 Milan Film Festival and Best Film at the 2003 Norwegian Film Festival and won a Signis Award in 2003.

Wege (T.) dir. KING NAKI AND THE THUNDERING HOOVES,
80 minutes, DVD, , 2008. R177

A documentary about King Naki, an ex-stable hand in the Eastern Cape determined to realise his dream of winning an annual horse race on a horse that cost him his life savings.

White (A.St.P) dir. THE DEATH OF PELICAN 16,
90 minutes, DVD, , 2003. R260

A documentary on Pelican 16, an AvroShackleton maritime patrol aircraft commissioned by the South African Air Force in 1957 and restored in the early 1990s. In 1994 the aircraft's engines failed over the Western Sahara and the flight commander, Eric Pienaar, performed a crash landing from which the crew walked away unaided.

White (A.St.P) dir. THUNDER AND LIGHTNINGS, a quest for power
54 minutes, DVD, , 2006. R260

A documentary on Thunder City, a museum of heavy metal supersonic and subsonic jets based at Cape Town International Airport.

Additional features include an interview with Brian Carroll of the Royal Air Force, a film on the scrapping of the Lightnings and a film on ejector seat training.

Will (C.) dir. AGAINST THE FLOW,
312 minutes, DVDs, , 2005. R225

A 13 (x 24 minutes) episode TV series documenting a 65 day road trip tracking the course of South Africa's longest river, the 2,300 km long Orange River.

Williams (W.) dir. HIP HOP REVOLUTION,
48 minutes, DVD, , 2006. R375

A documentary on 25 years of hip hop in South Africa. Beginning with its birth on the Cape Flats, it explores the integration of hip hop culture with the state of emergency politics of the 1980s and its role in post-apartheid South Africa. Includes interviews with Prophets of da City and Shamiel X.

Wilson (L.) dir. FOR WHICH I AM PREPARED TO DIE,
83 minutes, DVD, , 2009. R195

A documentary on Roger Bushell, the London barrister and squadron-leader who masterminded the Great Escape of World War II, in which 76 men tunnelled under the wire at Stalag Luft 111, a German camp built in the forests of Zagan.

Woodard (A.) dir. NELSON MANDELA'S FAVORITE AFRICAN FOLKTALES,
180 minutes, 3 x CD, , 2009. R200

The print version of these tales was originally published in South Africa in 2002 under the title "Madiba Magic: Nelson Mandela's favourite stories for children".

Performed by a group of actors that include Matt Damon, Woopi Goldberg, Samuel J.Jackson, Helen Mirren, Sophie Okonedo, Alan Rickman and Charlize Theron. Music by Johnny Clegg and Vusi Mahlasela.

Includes a message from Desmond Tutu.

Xenopoulos (J.) dir. PROMISED LAND,
101 minutes, DVD, South Africa, 2003. R130

A film based on the novel, "Promised Land" by Karel Schoeman. The film won Best Screenplay at the International Film Festival in Tokyo in 2002.

Includes a special feature on the making of the film.

Yule (P.) dir. BLACK STAR, an African football odyssey
54 minutes, DVD, , 2008. R225

A documentary that follows Chelsea footballer Michael Essien on his return to Ghana to play for his country at the 2008 African Cup of Nations. The film also explores Africa's changing relationship with the world of football.

Zapiro & Cassuto (T.) ZA NEWS, Vol 01
80 minutes, DVD, , 2009. R100

A selection from the online satirical news show using puppets created by Zapiro and Thierry Cassuto.

Zapiro & Cassuto (T.) ZA NEWS, vol 02, let's get it on!
120 minutes, DVD, , 2010. R100

A new selection from the online satirical news show using puppets created by Zapiro and Thierry Cassuto.

Zapiro & Cassuto (T.) THE WORLD ACCORDING TO TATA & TUTU,
114 minutes, DVD, , 2011. R100

A selection of the best of ZA News' programmes in which the puppets of Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu discuss South African and global issues.

Ziman (R.) dir. JERUSALEMA, after every revolution comes a new order
118 minutes, DVD, , 2008. R170

A feature film, inspired by true events, which "tracks the rise of a once-petty criminal to the heights of the criminal underworld".

This film won the Best Actor Award and the Audience Award at the Durban International Film Festival. Stars Raspulana Seiphemo.