Winnie (2011)

Actors: Wendy Crewson (actress), Elias Koteas (actor), Darrell Roodt (director), Terrence Howard (actor), Jennifer Hudson (actress), Darrell Roodt (writer), Dezi Rorich (miscellaneous crew), T.D. Jakes (producer), T.D. Jakes (miscellaneous crew), David Dukas (actor), Johan Kruger (producer), Vinca Cox (miscellaneous crew), Norman Anstey (actor), Philo Pieterse (producer), Michael Mosca (producer),

Genres: Biography, Drama, History,
Taglines: Her courage inspired a nation.

Mrs Mandela (2010)

Actors: Sophie Okonedo (actress), David Morrissey (actor), David Harewood (actor), David Charap (editor), Nicky Rebello (actor), David Dukas (actor), Craig Gardner (actor), Vusi Kunene (actor), Garth Breytenbach (actor), Jolyon Symonds (producer), Michael Samuels (director), Michael Samuels (writer), David Clatworthy (actor), Adrian Waldron (actor), Jacques Gombault (actor),

Genres: Drama,

Endgame (2009)

Actors: Derek Jacobi (actor), Chiwetel Ejiofor (actor), Matthew Marsh (actor), Timothy West (actor), Jill McCullough (miscellaneous crew), Mark Strong (actor), Lance Peters (miscellaneous crew), William Hurt (actor), Patrick Lyster (actor), Clarke Peters (actor), Tim Desbois (miscellaneous crew), Grant Swanby (actor), Langley Kirkwood (actor), John Kani (actor), Pat Karam (miscellaneous crew),

Genres: Drama, History,
Taglines: Patriot. Terrorist. Negotiator. Peacemaker. Inspired by a true story that changed the world

Quotes:

Epilogue: When the IRA decided to negotiate a peaceful solution to the Irish conflict, they secretly turned to the ANC [African National Congress] for advise on how to do it. They are now advising Hamas on the same strategy.

Goodbye Bafana (2007)

Actors: Diana Cilliers (costume designer), Bille August (writer), Greg Latter (writer), Dario Marianelli (composer), Greg Latter (writer), Bille August (director), Diane Kruger (actress), David Wicht (producer), Danny Keogh (actor), Matthew Dylan Roberts (actor), Jimmy de Brabant (producer), Dennis Haysbert (actor), Joseph Fiennes (actor), John Kaylin (miscellaneous crew), Marie-Noelle Hauville (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: James Gregory once lived in a farm and had befriended a native youth, Bafana, and had even had a photograph taken with him. Years later, now married to Gloria and father of three children (Chris, Brett, and Natasha), James has nothing but shame and regret, as many South African Caucasians in the oppressive Apartheid-era ridiculed him, leading him to hate Africans. He seeks to redeem himself by spying on imprisoned African National Congress Leader, Nelson Mandela. In the restrictive high security prison his job is to censor all written and verbal communications between prisoners, their visitors, and correspondence. James is uncomfortable when he witnesses Caucasian police and security officers' brutality against civilians, including infants, and tries to understand why Nelson became a rebel. This leads him to examine the 'Freedom Charter', a banned document, reportedly known to incite violence against 'whites'. And when he does read this document, he changes his mind about Nelson's freedom struggle. Soon he, himself, will be alienated by his very own peers. Isolated, he receives death threats over the phone and has to face the trauma of the 'accidental' death of Brett. In addition, he and his family are kept under close watch by the security forces amidst tight economic sanctions by the international community, and growing unrest by the natives who continue their fight for equality, and freedom for Nelson Mandela.

Keywords: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, african-national-congress, apartheid, based-on-book, freedom-fighter, husband-wife-reunion, nelson-mandela, political-prisoner
Genres: Biography, Drama, History,
Taglines: Based on the memoirs of Nelson Mandela's prison guard

Quotes:

Winnie Mandela: When I married you, I knew I was marrying the struggle.

Nelson Mandela: [in prison, to his visiting wife, speaking Xhosa; subtitles read] Tell him that all of us in here agree he should escalate the armed struggle. The country must become ungovernable.

Nelson Mandela: I have not touched my wife in twenty-one years.

Arthur! A Celebration of Life (2005)

Actors: Adrian Washington (actor), Joe James (actor), Joe James (director), Joe James (producer), Joe James (writer), Ray Chung (editor), Monet Dunham (actress), James Holloway (actor), Larry Mitchell (actor), Brian Keith Allen (actor), Elain R. Graham (actress), Catherine Taormina (actress), Eric Van Alstyne (actor), Francine Berman (actress), Terria Joseph (actress),

Genres: Drama,

Charlie (2004)

Actors: Steven Berkoff (actor), Marius Weyers (actor), Diana Cilliers (costume designer), Luke Goss (actor), Ronald France (actor), Leslie Grantham (actor), Grant Swanby (actor), Langley Kirkwood (actor), Gert Uys (miscellaneous crew), Stephen W. Parsons (composer), Anita Dobson (actress), Adrian Galley (actor), Antony Carrick (actor), Toby Yates (editor), Dan Hirst (actor),

Genres: Action, Crime, Drama,

Quotes:

Charlie Richardson: Fuck you and your Krays!

Lucian Harris: Roy Hall turned the handle and the electric charge caused me to leap up out of my chair and fall to the floor. Then they stripped me, bound me, and gagged me, and applied electric shocks to various parts of my body.::Prosecution Brief: Why didn't you go to the police?::Lucian Harris: Well, the police are all on Charlie's payroll.

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004)

Actors: Lynn Whitfield (actress), Ava DuVernay (miscellaneous crew), Barbara Gordon (actress), CCH Pounder (actress), Vondie Curtis-Hall (director), J.C. Kenny (actress), Martin Roach (actor), Michael Stevens (actor), Scott Wickware (actor), Arnold Pinnock (actor), Jamie Foxx (actor), Terence Blanchard (composer), Rosemary Dunsmore (actress), Dan Duran (actor), Reg Dreger (actor),

Plot: Redemption tells the story of Stan "Tookie" Williams, founder of the Crips L.A. street gang. Story follows his fall into gang-banging, his prison term, and his work writing children's novels encouraging peace and anti-violence resolutions which earned him multiple Nobel Peace Prize nominations. After exhausting all forms of appeal, Tookie was executed by lethal injection at San Quentin State Prison, California; he was declared dead on December 13, 2005 at 12:35 a.m. PST (08:35 UTC). Williams is the 12th person to be executed by California since it reinstated the death penalty in 1977.

Keywords: death-row, gang, gang-culture, gangster, prison, prison-gang, redemption
Genres: Crime, Drama,
Taglines: Gangster, Death Row Inmate, Nobel Peace Prize Nominee

Mandela and de Klerk (1997)

Actors: Tina Lifford (actress), David Wicht (producer), Regardt van den Bergh (actor), Benjamin A. Weissman (editor), Joseph Sargent (director), Diana Cilliers (costume designer), Desmond Tutu (actor), Sidney Poitier (actor), Ian Roberts (actor), John Carson (actor), Michael Caine (actor), Andre Jacobs (actor), Graham Clarke (actor), Jonathan Pienaar (actor), Terry Edinger (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: On June 12, 1964, Nelson Mandela, along with a number of political detainees, was sentenced to life imprisonment in what remains the most sensational treason trial in the history of South Africa. The incarceration of Mandela and other political prisoners on Robben Island would become a symbol of the struggle to end apartheid and win freedom for the black majority in South Africa. On February 2, 1990, President F.W. De Klerk stood before Parliament and announced the legalization of the African National Congress and a host of other banned political organizations. At the same time, he announced that Nelson Mandela, having served 27 years in prison, would be released within 7 days. Yet the world, and indeed most South Africans, knew little about how this momentous occasion came to pass. Until now. Mandela & De Klerk was filmed in South Africa. Most of the locations are those where the actual events took place, and the dramatized sequences are augmented with newsreel footage to ensure the most accurate portrayal possible of recent historical events.

Keywords: african-national-congress, apartheid, blacks-whites, character-name-in-title, house-arrest, prison, racism, south-africa
Genres: Drama,

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)

Actors: David Zucker (actor), Zsa Zsa Gabor (actress), Robert K. Weiss (actor), Richard Griffiths (actor), Mel Tormé (actor), 'Weird Al' Yankovic (actor), Raynor Scheine (actor), Lloyd Bochner (actor), George Kennedy (actor), Richard Griffiths (actor), Leslie Nielsen (actor), John Fleck (actor), Robert Goulet (actor), John D. Schofield (producer), O.J. Simpson (actor),

Plot: Lt. Frank Drebbin returns to save the day once again. This time he's out to foil the "big boys" in the energy business. A top scientist (Dr Mainheimer) is about to publish his report on energy supply for the future. Things don't look good for the traditional suppliers; oil, coal and nuclear. To save their industries, the suppliers kidnap Mainheimer and replace him with a decoy with a more favourable report. Jane, the Dr's secretary, is Drebbin's old flame; they're passionate love affair is thus rekindled.

Keywords: 1990s, automatic-rifle, balcony, based-on-cult-tv-series, based-on-tv-series, blockbuster, bound-and-gagged, bouquet, broken-glass, bumbler
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime,
Taglines: If you see only one movie this year...you ought to get out more often. Frank Drebin is back. Just accept it. The sequel so big, they had to add a half

Quotes:

Quentin Hapsburg: Do you gamble?::Lt. Frank Drebin: Every time I order out.

Banquet Doorman: Your coat, sir?::Lt. Frank Drebin: Yes, it is. And I have a receipt to prove it.

Quentin Hapsburg: I don't recall your name on the guest list.::Lt. Frank Drebin: That's OK. I sometimes go by my maiden name.

[Frank meets Jane after a long time]::Lt. Frank Drebin: How are the children?::Jane Spencer: We didn't have any children.::Lt. Frank Drebin: Yes, of course.::Jane Spencer: How was your prostate operation?::Lt. Frank Drebin: Oh, good. Fine. Never been better.

Dr. Mainheimer: It's a terrible thing that's happened here, Lieutenant. I do hope you will find the people responsible.::Lt. Frank Drebin: I'm sorry I can't be more optimistic, Doctor, but we've got a long road ahead of us. It's like having sex. It's a painstaking and arduous task that seems to go on and on forever, and just when you think things are going your way, nothing happens.

Lt. Frank Drebin: Now, Jane, what can you tell us about the man you saw last night?::Jane Spencer: He's Caucasian.::Ed Hocken: Caucasian?::Jane Spencer: Yeah, you know, a white guy. A moustache. About six-foot-three.::Lt. Frank Drebin: Awfully big moustache.

Lt. Frank Drebin: Hector Savage. From Detroit. Ex-boxer. His real name was Joey Chicago.::Ed Hocken: Oh, yeah. He fought under the name of Kid Minneapolis.::Nordberg: I saw Kid Minneapolis fight once. In Cincinnati.::Lt. Frank Drebin: No you're thinking of Kid New York. He fought out of Philly.::Ed Hocken: He was killed in the ring in Houston. By Tex Colorado. You know, the Arizona Assassin.::Nordberg: Yeah, from Dakota. I don't remember it was North or South.::Lt. Frank Drebin: North. South Dakota was his brother. From West Virginia.::Ed Hocken: You sure know your boxing.::Lt. Frank Drebin: All I know is never bet on the white guy. [Nordberg nods in agreement]

Terence Baggett: [sniffs] What's that smell?::Lt. Frank Drebin: Oh, that would be me. I've been swimming in raw sewage. I love it!

Lt. Frank Drebin: Real nice party, Hapsburg... I see a lot of familiar face-lifts.

Quentin Hapsburg: Que sera sera... You do speak French, don't you?::Lt. Frank Drebin: Unfortunately no, but I do kiss that way.

Mandela (1987)

Actors: Allan Corduner (actor), Richard Hartley (composer), Pauline Hume (miscellaneous crew), Philip Saville (director), Danny Glover (actor), Julian Glover (actor), Ronald Harwood (writer), Alfre Woodard (actress), Warren Clarke (actor), Ralph Sheldon (editor), Robert Berger (producer), Herbert Brodkin (producer), Angela Wharton (miscellaneous crew), Andrew Whaley (actor), Margaret Adams (miscellaneous crew),

Genres: Drama,

Quotes:

South African Prime Minister D. F. Malan: [1948 opening narration; South African police raid & bulldoze a Black shantytown] Mr. Speaker, today South Africa belongs to us. Where we shall be introducing legislation to implement our policy which we call Apartheid-the separation between the races. Races will live and travel separately. Education will be separate for all groups at all levels. Work fitting for the White man will be reserved for him and him alone. Apartheid rests on three unarguable foundations - Afrikaner Experience, Scientific Proof that the White man is a superior being, and Biblical Witness. Apartheid represents divine will.