Mapantsula

Name: Mapantsula
Director: Oliver Schmitz
Released: 1988-01-01

1988 film by Oliver Schmitz

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Released: 1988
, August 24, 1989
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Director: Oliver Schmitz
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0095587/Retrieved 2016-05-21
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Screenwriter: Oliver Schmitz
, Thomas Mogotlane
Producer: David Hannay
Cast: Marcel van Heerden
Runtime: 104 min
Genre: drama film
Country of origin: South Africa
, United Kingdom

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Mapantsula is a 1988 Zulu-language South African crime film directed by Oliver Schmitz and written by Schmitz and Thomas Mogotlane. It tells the story of Johannes 'Panic' Themba Mzolo (Mogotlane), a small-time thief, set against the backdrop of Apartheid. The film's use of flashbacks between Panic's time at the hands of his apartheid jailor 'Stander' and happenings in the Johannesburg township of Soweto display the injustices black South Africans suffered during apartheid and their struggle for suffrage. The film makes extensive use of political rallies, police brutality and racism to example the effects of apartheid on black South Africans. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the South African entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

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Color: color
Title: Mapantsula
Nominations: International Submission to the Academy Awards(1990) subject named as: Mapantsula · significant event: 68th Academy Awards · nominee: South Africa
CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
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1.cnc.fr/professionnels/visas-et-classification/68403Retrieved 2024-05-22
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