Movies and TvShows featuring "township" theme.

The Bang Bang Club is a gripping drama based on real events that follows the lives of a group of dedicated photographers covering the violent and tumultuous final years of apartheid in South Africa. These passionate individuals risk their lives to document the political violence, elections, and widespread turmoil plaguing the nation. Amidst the chaos, they find love, friendships, and personal growth while battling their own demons. The Bang Bang Club explores the power of photojournalism, the bravery of those who capture history, and the impact of their images on the world.

When the Three Investigators go on vacation in South Africa, they find themselves embarking on a thrilling treasure hunt on Skeleton Island. As they unravel the legend of a pirate's treasure, they must outsmart an art thief and solve various mysteries along the way. With the beautiful backdrop of Cape Town, South Africa, the young detectives face danger and excitement in their quest for hidden treasure.

Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema is a crime drama set in post-apartheid Johannesburg. A young hoodlum named Lucky rises to power in the criminal underworld. He becomes a drug lord and forms a gang of thieves. As Lucky gains more power, he attracts the attention of the police. He must navigate the dangerous world of organized crime while evading the authorities.

Urbanized is a documentary film about the design of cities, and how they impact our lives. It explores the challenges and opportunities of urbanization, with a focus on sustainable development, transportation infrastructure, public spaces, and the effects of overcrowding. The film features interviews with architects, urban planners, and community activists from around the world, showcasing innovative design solutions and inspiring stories of urban transformation.

'Limbo' is about a jaded detective named Travis Hurley who arrives in a small Australian outback city to investigate a twenty-year-old unsolved homicide of a local Aboriginal woman. As he forms connections with the victim's broken family, Travis uncovers a series of difficult truths that shed light on the complexities of loss and injustice faced by First Nations Australians.

Famous country singer Trey Cole is finally returning home after cruelly abandoning the town many years ago and never looking back, even when his brother died serving in the military. Now, realizing he's lost himself along the way, Trey remembers getting his first haircut in the cracked brown leather chair in Charlie's shop, and hopes to find guidance from the man who was a father to him when his own dad, General Wes Cameron, was coldly absent during his childhood.

Come Back, Africa chronicles the life of Zachariah, a black South African living under the rule of the harsh apartheid government in 1959.

The beginning of the end of the apartheid era in South Africa is seen through the perspectives of three female friends: Sophie, who is of English descent; Aninka, who is an Afrikaner; and Thoko, who is black.

Raised in the South African township of Zamelda, Johannes 'JoJo' Radebe faced prejudice as a young boy who was captivated by dance – and Barbies… rather than football and rugby, as was the norm among his peers. With the support of his mother, sister, and a dance coach who spotted his gift, he became a champion ballroom dancer and popular celebrity. Having been one of the professional dancers on the South African Strictly Come Dancing, he has appeared on the British version of the show since 2018.

"Africa Light" - as white local citizens call Namibia. The name suggests romance, the beauty of nature and promises a life without any problems in a country where the difference between rich and poor could hardly be greater. Namibia does not give that impression of it. If you look at its surface it seems like Africa in its most innocent and civilized form. It is a country that is so inviting to dream by its spectacular landscape, stunning scenery and fascinating wildlife. It has a very strong tourism structure and the government gets a lot of money with its magical attraction. But despite its grandiose splendor it is an endless gray zone as well. It oscillates between tradition and modernity, between the cattle in the country and the slums in the city. It shuttles from colonial times, land property reform to minimum wage for everyone. It fluctuates between socialism and cold calculated market economy.

Think Global, Act Rural is a documentary that explores the consequences of industrial agriculture, focusing on issues such as economic inequality, pesticide use, soil degradation, and the exploitation of farmers. The film highlights the importance of sustainable and organic farming practices.

Ten years following the breakup of the family band, The Banner Project, siblings Desiree, Johnny, and Mitchel Banner, are faced with the decision to reunite in order to save their home town from bankruptcy.

­A poetic celebration of country and culture, Still Our Country documents the swiftly changing lives of the Yolngu people of Ramingining in the Northern Territory. Originally conceived as an online installation, this evocative carnival of images and sounds makes a bold declaration of identity and offers a hopeful promise of a future.

Set against the raucous backdrop of the 2010 World Cup, MEANWHILE IN MAMELODI is a beautifully crafted portrait of a place and one family’s daily life inside it. The Mtsweni family lives in the Pretoria Township of the title, in the district known as Extension 11. Their world is a ramshackle collection of corrugated tin dwellings and makeshift shops, open sewers littered with debris and red-earth rectangles filled with soccer-playing children and teens. Seventeen-year-old Mosquito is one of those kids. As she studies for math tests, flirts with boys and shops with her best friend, her father Steven prepares his "tuck shop" for the promise of cash-flush tourists. Meanwhile, his wife struggles with mental illness. The Mtswenis' lives unfold as the Cup brings new hope to the ravaged town. Despite the poverty around her, Mosquito insists this is not her parents' country. She is the face of South Africa's future - part of "a new generation free to do all things."

Something is out there - in the bush - near the dilapidated old cabin, which a family from Sydney has rented for their vacation.

Following the death of his wife, mountain cattleman, Ben Lomax leaves the high country but is forced to return when he learns his prize stallion is to be run in a race that will break him.

Three separate stories create a gripping yet compassionate portrait of small-town characters immersed in the intimidating, alluring, and dangerous world of big-city Johannesburg and Soweto.

It follows problems of Swaziland, a landlocked country in southern Africa. The film features Mswati III, the king of Swaziland, and his heiress and self claimed rapper Princess Sikhanyiso. It shows the angry populace and the country's problems such as a high HIV prevalence, comparing it with the daily life of Mswati III, Africa's last absolute monarch.

A short documentary about Father Christmas' annual six-day trek through the Australian desert aboard the Tea and Sugar Train.