
Lionel Ngakane
Actor
Lionel Ngakane (17 July 1928 – 26 November 2003) was a South African filmmaker and actor, who lived in exile in the United Kingdom from the 1950s until 1994, when he returned to South Africa after the end of apartheid. His 1965 film Jemima and Johnny, inspired by the 1958 "race riots" in Notting Hill, London, won awards at the Venice and Rimini film festivals. In the 1960s, Ngakane was a founding…
Filmography (18)
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid (1994)Self
Victims of Apartheid (1978)Mokwe
The Squeeze (1977)West Indian
Child of Hope (1975)Mutumbulua- Baobab: Portrait of a TreeBaobab: Portrait of a Tree (1971)Legend Storyteller (voice)
It’s the Only Way to Go (1970)
Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969)Bill
Wind Versus Polygamy (1968)Ofodile
Jemima + Johnny (1966)Director
The Painted Smile (1962)Barman- Vukani/AwakeVukani/Awake (1962)Director
Nothing Barred (1961)Convict
The Night We Got the Bird (1960)Porter
Nor the Moon by Night (1958)Nimrod
The Mark of the Hawk (1957)African Doctor
Safari (1956)Makora
Duel in the Jungle (1954)Servant
Cry, the Beloved Country (1951)Absolom Kumalo
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