21 May 1988 Drama, Crime 104 mins
A petty gangster inevitably becomes involved in the growing anti-apartheid struggle and is forced to choose between individual gain and a united stand against the system.
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Thomas Mogotlane as Panic
Marcel Van Heerden as Stander
Thembi Mtshali as Pat
Dolly Rathebe as Ma Mobise
Peter Sephuma as Duma
Darlington Michaels as Dingaan
Eugene Majola as Sam
Gabriel Dichwabe as Crowd leader
Brad Morris as Riot policeman
Polite Dlamini as Prisoner
Duma Nyembe as Prisoner
Jerry Mokgoko as Policeman
Similo Makhambi as Charge Office Sergeant
Boitumelo Dijoe as Sergeant
Arthur Molepo as Warder
Thomas Mogotlane Writer
Oliver Schmitz Writer
Oliver Schmitz Director
Max Montocchio Producer
Keith Rosenbaum Executive Producer
Oliver Schmitz Producer
David Hannay Executive Producer
Mark Baard Editor
Rod Stewart Director of Photography
France 21 May 1988
United Kingdom 13 January 1989
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The documentary pays homage to a South African sub-cultural group called Mapantsula.
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1988:
14 May 1988
Yasuko, a housewife, lives in an urban high-rise apartment with her husband Satoru and her son Takuto.
25 April 1988
A St. Louis cop, Mike Braxton (Sam Jones), receives an urgent call for help from his brother Tony (Nick Cassavetes), a small time thief in Los Angeles.
26 November 1988
A veteran vice cop has a hard time dealing with her partner's suicide.
17 November 1988
A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
21 December 1988
In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her.
16 April 1988
Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest.
19 June 1988
The private detective Nelly (Martina Gedeck) has a moored and industrial property. The moor has been cultivated for a year, but the politics are still there.
07 April 1988
American cowboys have been writing poetry for over a century. This little-known literary tradition both belies the macho image of the Western heroes and serves as an imaginative form of oral history.
29 December 1988
Hannes Peters is delighted that he can escape his unloved job as a chef and join the navy. He is overjoyed to be assigned as a hydroacoustician.
04 March 1988
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01 January 1988
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