Lionel Ngakane
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Lionel Ngakane 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.
Filmography 18
Safari
Cry, the Beloved Country
The Squeeze
The Painted Smile
The Mark of the Hawk
Duel in the Jungle
Nor the Moon by Night
Nothing Barred
The Night We Got the Bird
It’s the Only Way to Go
Two Gentlemen Sharing
Wind Versus Polygamy
Jemima + Johnny
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
Victims of Apartheid
Child of Hope22 credits on file
Television 3
Theatre 625
Danger ManConnected to Lionel 6
About this person
Lionel Ngakane 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 member of the Pan African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI) and Fespaco, the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO).
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