Athol Fugard

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The Space: Theatre of Survival TrailerFalls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard TrailerIn Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid Trailer

Harold Athol Lanigan Fugard (June 11, 1932 – March 8, 2025) was a South African playwright, novelist, actor and director. Widely considered South Africa's foremost playwright, he is best remembered for his anti-apartheid plays such as "Master Harold"...and the Boys and Blood Knot.

Most Popular Athol Fugard Trailers

Total trailers found: 20

Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard Trailer (2012)

28 May 2012

Director Tony Palmer tells the incredible life story of Athol Fugard, the prolific playwright, novelist, and director who exposed the horrors of South Africa's apartheid system for the entire world to see.

'Master Harold'... and the Boys Trailer (1985)

01 January 1985

When Harold, a young white man, learns that his alcoholic, handicapped father is returning home, his frustration turns into racist viciousness against the two black men who work for the family.

Mille Miglia Trailer (1968)

05 August 1968

In 1955 Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson won the Mille Miglia, one of the toughest races in the calendar.

Gandhi Trailer (1982)

01 December 1982

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence.

The Killing Fields Trailer (1984)

23 November 1984

New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff.

The Guest: An Episode in the Life of Eugène Marais Trailer (1977)

25 September 1977

An episode in the Life of Eugène Marais

In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid Trailer (1994)

18 February 1994

A documentary overview and ideological critique of the South African film industry and cinema's historical relationship with apartheid.

The Space: Theatre of Survival Trailer (2019)

07 June 2019

When everything about you falls one man decides that theatre is the key, and the way to begin to unify a people.

Tsotsi Trailer (2005)

23 December 2005

A young South African boy from the Johannesburg ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster, leaves home as a child to get away from his helpless parents.

"Master Harold" ...and the Boys Trailer (2020)

06 April 2020

A poignant coming of age story and exploration of a friendship between a young white boy, and the two adult black men he has grown up around, against the backdrop of the oppressive, divisive apartheid laws of the time.

Boesman and Lena Trailer (1973)

22 November 1973

A portrait of a marginalised couple evicted by forced removal in apartheid South Africa.

Meetings with Remarkable Men Trailer (1979)

05 August 1979

The story of G.I. Gurdjieff an Asian mystic who after a lifetimes study developed a form of meditation incorporating modern dance.

Master Harold... and the Boys Trailer (2010)

17 March 2010

This movie is of Hally, an adolescent white South African. He is stuck between his intolerant father's outlook of him and those of his caretaker, Sam.

A Sizwe Bansi Workshop Trailer (1981)

01 January 1981

The play, Sizwe Bansi is Dead, follows the main character, Sizwe, as he writes to his wife after an unsuccessful search for a new job and better life for his family.

The Public's Right to Know Trailer (1974)

01 January 1974

A documentary in which Kenneth Griffith, actor and filmmaker, endeavors to find the truth behind the banning of two of his films, one on the life of Michael Collins and the other on Badon Powell.

National Theatre Live: 'Master Harold'... and the boys Trailer (2019)

19 November 2019

St George's Park Tea Room, Port Elizabeth, 1950. On a long rainy afternoon, employees Sam and Willie practise their steps for the finals of the ballroom dancing championship.

Boesman and Lena Trailer (2000)

03 November 2000

Intense love and hate bring a man and woman through personal tragedy.

The Road to Mecca Trailer (1991)

10 March 1991

An eldery lady, living in (litterally) the middle if nowhere, and fed up with small minded apartheid ideology starts escaping into her own world of sculpting in her own back yard and along with her (coloured) assistant Malgas, creates a world of wonder in the desert.

Marigolds in August Trailer (1980)

31 December 1980

Marigolds in August was written by Athol Fugard, who in the early 1980s was South Africa's most celebrated playwright.

Sizwe Bansi Is Dead Trailer (1974)

13 March 1974

Two Black South Africans discover what it means to lose their passbooks, which they must carry yo pra