Lionel Ngakane
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Biography
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 member of the Pan African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI) and Fespaco, the Panafrican Film and Tel...
Known For
Filmography
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
1994
as Self
Victims of Apartheid
1978
as Mokwe
The Squeeze
1977
as West Indian
Child of Hope
1975
as Mutumbulua
Baobab: Portrait of a Tree
1971
as Legend Storyteller (voice)
It’s the Only Way to Go
1970
Two Gentlemen Sharing
1969
as Bill
Wind Versus Polygamy
1968
as Ofodile
Theatre 625
1964
as Ofodile
The Painted Smile
1962
as Barman
Studio 4
1962
as Houseboy
Dial RIX
1962
as Mbasa
Nothing Barred
1961
as Convict
The Night We Got the Bird
1960
as Porter
Danger Man
1960
as Moses Amadu
Nor the Moon by Night
1958
as Nimrod
The Mark of the Hawk
1957
as African Doctor
Safari
1956
as Makora
Duel in the Jungle
1954
as Servant
Cry, the Beloved Country
1951
as Absolom Kumalo