Drama, Romance
Krotoa, a feisty, bright, 11-year-old girl is removed from her close-knit Khoi tribe to serve Jan van Riebeeck, her uncle’s trading partner and the first Governor of the Cape Colony. She is brought into the first Fort established by the Dutch East India Company in 1652. There she grows into a visionary young woman who assimilates the Dutch language and culture so well that she rises to become an influential translator but ends up being rejected by her own people as she tries to bridge the gap between the two cultures about to collide.
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Yesterday
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IMDB 7.9 | Nov , 1980
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IMDB 6.6 | Apr , 2005
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IMDB 7.5 | Oct , 2004
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.First Man
IMDB 7 | Oct , 2018
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.Zamora, tierra y hombres libres
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2010
Venezuela, the mid-nineteenth century. The polarization between liberals and conservatives marked the political agenda. Inequalities of colonial society kept farmers and slaves under the yoke of the oligarchy. Ezequiel Zamora mobilized by deep ideals of liberty is leading a fight to try to erase social inequalities and distribute land equitably.Maestro der Revolution?
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1971
Manto
IMDB 7.4 | May , 2018
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IMDB 6.2 | Feb , 2007
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IMDB 7.2 | Dec , 1999
The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.Goodbye Bafana
IMDB 6.8 | Feb , 2007
The true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.Malcolm X
IMDB 7.5 | Nov , 1992
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IMDB 7.6 | Sep , 2004
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IMDB 6.5 | Apr , 1976
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IMDB 7.4 | Sep , 2004
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IMDB 6.6 | Jul , 1974
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IMDB 6 | Feb , 1939
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IMDB 6 | Sep , 1995
Feature film about the life of Aletta Jacobs (1854-1929). Aletta Jacobs knows from an early age that she wants to become a doctor. She asks Thorbecke to allow her to attend university and, after completing her studies, becomes the first female doctor in Amsterdam. Here, she focuses in particular on sexual problems in women and campaigns for universal suffrage. Director Nouchka van Brakel appears in the film as an interviewer who questions contemporaries about the life and work of Dr. Jacobs. The interviews give an impression of the flood of negative reactions that the feminist provoked. However, when Aletta looks back on her life at the end of the film, many photos and letters show how much she was ultimately appreciated.Pawo
IMDB 6 | Apr , 2016
Since 1950, Tibet has been occupied by China. Dorjee, a young Tibetan, grew up in peace 40 years later. After the death of his father, it all comes to a point, where he realizes that his wings are already cut, what it means to be Tibetan in a country which is called "China". Inside Tibet and in exile, a last cry for freedom starts.Promised Land
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2002
A young, emigrated, South African man comes back to South Africa to sell his mothers farm.Sisi/Last Minute
IMDB 3 | Sep , 1991
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