John Matshikiza

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Nov 26, 1954 (70 years old)
Death date
Sep 15, 2008

John Matshikiza

Known For

Yankee Zulu
1h 40m
Movie 1993

Yankee Zulu

Two South African boys, one white, Rhino, and one black, Zulu, go their separate ways after an incident. Many years later, they meet up again as adults, when one, after living for years in the United States, is now a wanted criminal. The two end up being a part of a madcap chase involving a check for a large amount of lottery money, pursued by Gen. Diehard and Rhino's ex-wife Rowena, who was the cause of the rift between the two protagonists.

Escape From Kampala
1h 30m
Movie 1991

Escape From Kampala

The true story of a daring prison break. Wycliffe Kato, Director of Civil Aviation in Idi Amin's Uganda was at the airport to catch a flight to Canada for a conference when he was arrested by Amin's secret police, members of the notorious State Research Bureau, and thrown into the Nakasero prison. This should have meant certain death, but, along with his cell mates, army officers who had come under suspicion of organizing a coup, he escaped and made it on foot to Nairobi. This TV movie is based on Wycliffe Kato's own account in his book "Escape From Idi Amin's Slaughterhouse".

Cry Freedom
2h 37m
Movie 1987

Cry Freedom

A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko, a courageous and outspoken black anti-apartheid activist.

Mandela
2h 15m
Movie 1987

Mandela

Nelson Mandela becomes South Africa's first Black President, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his leadership in negotiating a bloodless revolution in that country.

The Trial of Klaus Barbie
1h 25m
Movie 1987

The Trial of Klaus Barbie

Decades after the end of World War II, escaped war criminal Klaus Barbie is brought to justice.

Dust
1h 28m
Movie 1985

Dust

A South African spinster murders her father after he rapes the wife of the black foreman for his plantation.

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