Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu

Born: October 7, 1931
Died: December 26, 2021
in Klerksdorp, South Africa
Archbishop Desmond Tutu was a South African Anglican bishop and Nobel peace prize winner, best known for his work as an anti-apartheid campaigner and human rights activist.

Movies for Desmond Tutu...

Mission: Joy - Finding Happiness in Troubled Times
Title: Mission: Joy - Finding Happiness in Troubled Times
Character: Self
Released: July 27, 2022
Type: Movie
An exploration of the remarkable friendship between Archbishop Desmond Tutu and His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
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Dear Earth
Title: Dear Earth
Character: Self
Released: October 23, 2021
Type: Movie
An epic global celebration of our planet and what we need to do to reverse climate change. Sprinkled with musical performances, Dear Earth also contains well-known climate activists, creators, and celebs who will all share ways to make our lives more sustainable.
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Harry and Meghan: An African Journey
Title: Harry and Meghan: An African Journey
Character: Himself
Released: October 20, 2019
Type: Movie
“Harry & Meghan: An African Journey" features unprecedented access and exclusive interview with The Duke and Duchess of Sussex about the challenges they face living in the public eye.
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Cold Case Hammarskjöld
Title: Cold Case Hammarskjöld
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 7, 2019
Type: Movie
Ndola, Northern Rhodesia (currently Zambia), September 18th, 1961. Swedish Dag Hammarskjöld, UN Secretary-General, mysteriously dies in a plane crash. Decades later, Danish journalist and filmmaker Mads Brügger and Swedish researcher Göran Björkdahl investigate the case looking for a definitive closure.
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Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Title: Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 28, 2019
Type: Movie
A documentary portrait of the pioneering indigenous filmmaker and activist Merata Mita and an intimate tribute from a son about his mother that delves into the life of the first woman from an Indigenous Nation to solely direct a film anywhere in the world. Known as the grandmother of Indigenous cinema, Merata’s independent political documentaries of the 1970s and 80s highlighted injustices for Māori people and often divided the country. Mita was fearless in her life, her activism and her art. Chronicling the director’s journey to decolonize the film and television screens of New Zealand and the world, the film documents her work, her early struggles with her family and her drive for social justice that often proved personally dangerous.
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Blood Fruit
Title: Blood Fruit
Character: Desmond Tutu
Released: July 10, 2014
Type: Movie
The story of 11 young Irish Dunnes Stores workers who went on strike following their refusal to handle South African produce.
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Fire in the Blood
Title: Fire in the Blood
Character: Self
Released: September 6, 2013
Type: Movie
An intricate tale of "medicine, monopoly and malice", Fire in the Blood tells the story of how Western pharmaceutical companies and governments blocked access to low-cost AIDS drugs for the countries of the global south in the years after 1996 - causing ten million or more unnecessary deaths - and the improbable group of people who decided to fight back. Shot on four continents and including contributions from global figures such as Bill Clinton, Desmond Tutu and Joseph Stiglitz, Fire in the Blood is the never-before-told true story of the remarkable coalition which came together to stop 'the crime of the century' and save millions of lives in the process.
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Propaganda
Title: Propaganda
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 14, 2013
Type: Movie
An anti-western propaganda film about the influences of American visual and consumption culture on the rest of the world, as told from a North Korean perspective.
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Title: Min sanning
Character: Self
Released: April 3, 2012
Type: TV
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Choice Point
Title: Choice Point
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 2012
Type: Movie
When you watch Choice Point, you'll finally get the answers that'll make all the difference - and what you're going to discover may well surprise you! Imagine how much faster your own journey to success would be if you could tap into the thinking and experiences of some of the world's leading visionaries, scientists and spiritual leaders, and receive life-directing guidance from billionaire Richard Branson, visionary Desmond Tutu, author Jack Canfield and more! And best of all, it's not just big names who are featured in this groundbreaking feature-length documentary. You'll also hear about regular people who massively changed their lives around following the three key Choice Point pillars of: 1. Understand your world 2. Align with your purpose 3. Be the change
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The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
Title: The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
Released: July 5, 2011
Type: Movie
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I Am
Title: I Am
Character: Himself
Released: February 11, 2011
Type: Movie
I AM is an utterly engaging and entertaining non-fiction film that poses two practical and provocative questions: what’s wrong with our world, and what can we do to make it better? The filmmaker behind the inquiry is Tom Shadyac, one of Hollywood’s leading comedy practitioners and the creative force behind such blockbusters as “Ace Ventura,” “Liar Liar,” “The Nutty Professor,” and “Bruce Almighty.” However, in I AM, Shadyac steps in front of the camera to recount what happened to him after a cycling accident left him incapacitated, possibly for good. Though he ultimately recovered, he emerged with a new sense of purpose, determined to share his own awakening to his prior life of excess and greed, and to investigate how he as an individual, and we as a race, could improve the way we live and walk in the world.
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The Invocation
Title: The Invocation
Character: Self
Released: September 1, 2010
Type: Movie
An exploration of the notion of 'God' and World Peace through Religion, Spirituality, History, Science, Politics and Arts.
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When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun
Title: When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun
Released: June 22, 2010
Type: Movie
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The 16th Man
Title: The 16th Man
Character: Himself
Released: May 4, 2010
Type: Movie
Rugby Union has long been viewed in South Africa as a game for the white population, and the country’s success in the sport has been a true source of Afrikaner pride. When the 50-year-old policies and entrenched injustices of apartheid were finally overthrown in 1994, Nelson Mandela’s new government began rebuilding a nation badly in need of racial unity. So the world was watching when South Africa played host to the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Though they had only one non-white player, the South African Springboks gained supporters of all colors as they made an improbable run into the final match where they beat the heavily favored New Zealand team. When Mandela himself marched to the center of the pitch cloaked in a Springbok jersey and shook hands with the captain of the South African team, two nations became one. Oscar winner Morgan Freeman and director Cliff Bestall will tell the emotional story of that cornerstone moment and what it meant to South Africa’s healing process.
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I Am Because We Are
Title: I Am Because We Are
Character: Self
Released: April 24, 2008
Type: Movie
I Am Because We Are is a 2008 documentary film directed by Nathan Rissman and written, narrated, and produced by Madonna through her production company Semtex Films. The film documents the concern over the millions of orphans in the African country of Malawi who have lost parents and siblings to HIV and AIDS, many of whom live on the streets. The film also shows the efforts with Madonna's charitable organisation Raising Malawi in helping with improving their lives and conditions.
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Title: Sunday Life
Released: April 20, 2008
Type: TV
Sunday Life was a British magazine/discussion television programme broadcast on Sundays on BBC One beginning 20 April 2008. It was presented by Louise Minchin and Colin Jackson. The show, which replaced the Heaven and Earth Show was intended to focus on "inspiring stories and thought-provoking discussion", with the slogan "Real stories. Real people. Real life." The show was partly intended to fill the public service remit of the BBC's broadcasting licence, as well as its Sunday morning religious quota. It was dropped from the schedule after one series and its slot in the schedule replaced by The Big Questions.
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Title: Wintergasten
Released: December 28, 2007
Type: TV
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The Art of Football from A to Z
Title: The Art of Football from A to Z
Character: Self
Released: May 25, 2006
Type: Movie
Funnyman John Cleese leads viewers through an exhaustive -- and hilarious -- tour of the world of soccer, complete with the sport's most memorable goals, kicks, saves, goofs and penalties. Also included are reflections on soccer's impact on culture, including the Monty Python sketch "Philosophy Football," and interviews with celebrities Dave Stewart, Dennis Hopper and Henry Kissinger, as well as soccer icons Pelé, Mia Hamm and Thierry Henry.
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Title: Facing the Truth
Released: January 4, 2006
Type: TV
Facing The Truth was a British television programme. Partly based on South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the three part series was presented by Fergal Keane and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. In the programme victims and perpetrators of Northern Ireland's Troubles meet for the first time. The second show featured Provisional IRA member Joe Doherty opposite the relatives of a soldier killed in the Warrenpoint ambush. In the final programme of the series Milltown Massacre gunman Michael Stone met with the relatives of Dermot Hackett, a Roman Catholic delivery man he was convicted of killing in 1987. Despite admitting to the murder at the time, Stone stated in the programme that he was not directly responsible, having been withdrawn from the operation after planning it.
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Title: Iconoclasts
Character: Self
Released: November 17, 2005
Type: TV
Iconoclasts is a Sundance Channel show. Each episode pairs two "creative visionaries" who discuss their lives, influences, and art, most of whom are longtime friends with the other person featured in the episode. The series premiered on November 17, 2005, and has had six six-episode seasons.
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Title: The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Character: Self
Released: January 3, 2005
Type: TV
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson, who is the third regular host of the Late Late Show franchise. It follows Late Show with David Letterman in the CBS late-night lineup, airing weekdays in the US at 12:37 a.m. It is taped in front of a live studio audience from Monday to Friday at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California, directly above the Bob Barker Studio. It is produced by David Letterman's production company Worldwide Pants Incorporated and CBS Television Studios. Since becoming host on January 3, 2005, after Craig Kilborn and Tom Snyder, Ferguson has achieved the highest ratings since the show's inception in 1995. While the majority of the episodes focus on comedy, Ferguson has also addressed difficult subject matter, such as the deaths of his parents, and undertaken serious interviews, such as one with Desmond Tutu, which earned the show a 2009 Peabody Award.
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Tibet's Stolen Child
Title: Tibet's Stolen Child
Released: May 11, 2001
Type: Movie
A film about the abduction of Tibet's second highest ranking Lama by the Chinese authorities.
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Title: Clive Anderson All Talk
Character: Self
Released: October 6, 1996
Type: TV
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Title: The Daily Show
Character: Self
Released: July 22, 1996
Type: TV
The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.
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Witness to Apartheid
Title: Witness to Apartheid
Character: Himself
Released: April 16, 1986
Type: Movie
An introduction to apartheid and the contextualization of the history of the changing nature of state repression would provide a good foundation from which to view the film. It should also be explained that state repression in 1985 occurred as a response to increasingly successful organized.
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In Remembrance of Martin
Title: In Remembrance of Martin
Character: Self
Released: February 8, 1986
Type: Movie
Personal comments from family, friends, and advisors fill this remarkable documentary honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Coretta Scott King joins the Reverend Ralph Abernathy, Julian Bond, Jimmy Carter, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, Senator Edward Kennedy, John Lewis, Bishop Desmond Tutu, and Andrew Young, who recall Dr. King's career and trace his leadership in the civil rights movement. Includes portions of his "I Have a Dream" speech.
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The Funeral of Neil Aggett
Title: The Funeral of Neil Aggett
Released: February 15, 1982
Type: Movie
Documentary covering the Funeral of Neil Aggett
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The Heart of Apartheid
Title: The Heart of Apartheid
Released: September 10, 1968
Type: Movie
First transmitted in 1968, Black, Coloured and Asian South Africans are interviewed in this eye-opening documentary about their views on apartheid. Included with the many dissenting views on apartheid are opinions on why different racial groups should live separately. Film footage that often shows the shocking racial exploitation allowed by apartheid accompanies the interviews. This documentary shows a protest by Church leaders against the Group Areas Act and features an interview with Desmond Tutu.