John Matshikiza

John Matshikiza

Born: November 26, 1954
Died: September 15, 2008
in Johannesburg, South Africa

Movies for John Matshikiza...

Shake Hands with the Devil
Title: Shake Hands with the Devil
Character: President Habyarimana
Released: September 13, 2007
Type: Movie
In 1993, Canadian Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire was sent by the United Nations to Rwanda as commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR). Its mission, to ensure the ceasefire, is underfunded, excessively bureaucratized and made up of military units which come from dozens of countries and which each have a very different program... These are Lt Gen Dallaire's efforts to stop the madness of the Rwandan Genocide, despite the complete indifference of his superiors.
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Wah-Wah
Title: Wah-Wah
Character: Dr. Zim Mzimba
Released: August 17, 2005
Type: Movie
Set at the end of the 1960s, as Swaziland is about to receive independence from United Kingdom, the film follows the young Ralph Compton, at 12, through his parents' traumatic separation, till he's 14.
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Title: Hard Copy
Character: Xolani Modise
Released: February 3, 2005
Type: TV
A struggling tabloid finds new direction when a crime reporter takes the helm and pivots writers back to bold investigative journalism.
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Beyond Borders
Title: Beyond Borders
Character: Dawit Ningpopo
Released: October 23, 2003
Type: Movie
Sarah Jordan, an American living in London in 1984, is married to the son of a wealthy British industrialist. She encounters Nick Callahan, a renegade doctor, whose impassioned plea for help to support his relief efforts in war-torn Africa moves her deeply. As a result, Sarah embarks upon a journey of discovery that leads to danger, heartbreak and romance in the far corners of the world.
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Born Free: A New Adventure
Title: Born Free: A New Adventure
Character: George Luello
Released: April 27, 1996
Type: Movie
Another thrilling adventure for Elsa the lioness as she works her magic on two teenagers struggling with changes in their life.
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The Redemption: Kickboxer 5
Title: The Redemption: Kickboxer 5
Character: Police Detective
Released: August 1, 1995
Type: Movie
Kickboxing champion Matt Reeves witnesses the murder of his friend Johnny. While investigating the crime, he learns that a Mr. Negaal in South Africa has founded a new kickboxing association and does not leave international champions much of a chance. Johnny had to pay with his life when he did not want to join. Neegal seems to kill everybody who is in his way especially David Sloan from the previous Kickboxer films. Matt is on his own now, but suddenly finds an unexpected ally.
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Woman of Desire
Title: Woman of Desire
Released: January 26, 1994
Type: Movie
A yacht captain, Jack Lynch, is accused of murdering his boss and raping the victim's wife, Christina Ford. Nothing is how it first appears. Jack seeks the help of veteran attorney Walter J. Hill to help prove his innocence.
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The Air Up There
Title: The Air Up There
Character: Mingori Mining Company Clerk
Released: January 7, 1994
Type: Movie
Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find. He ends up deep in Africa, hoping to recruit Saleh, a huge basketball prodigy Jimmy glimpsed in a home movie. But Saleh is the chief's son and has responsibilities at home, since the tribe's land is threatened by a mining company with its own hotshot basketball team.
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Yankee Zulu
Title: Yankee Zulu
Character: Zulu Mashabela
Released: December 1, 1993
Type: Movie
Two South African boys, one white, Rhino, and one black, Zulu, go their separate ways after an incident. Many years later, they meet up again as adults, when one, after living for years in the United States, is now a wanted criminal. The two end up being a part of a madcap chase involving a check for a large amount of lottery money, pursued by Gen. Diehard and Rhino's ex-wife Rowena, who was the cause of the rift between the two protagonists.
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Title: African Skies
Released: October 11, 1992
Type: TV
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Dust Devil
Title: Dust Devil
Character: Joe Niemand
Released: July 11, 1992
Type: Movie
A woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitch-hiker.
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Escape From Kampala
Title: Escape From Kampala
Character: Wycliffe Kato
Released: August 8, 1991
Type: Movie
The true story of a daring prison break. Wycliffe Kato, Director of Civil Aviation in Idi Amin's Uganda was at the airport to catch a flight to Canada for a conference when he was arrested by Amin's secret police, members of the notorious State Research Bureau, and thrown into the Nakasero prison. This should have meant certain death, but, along with his cell mates, army officers who had come under suspicion of organizing a coup, he escaped and made it on foot to Nairobi. This TV movie is based on Wycliffe Kato's own account in his book "Escape From Idi Amin's Slaughterhouse".
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Cry Freedom
Title: Cry Freedom
Character: Mapetla
Released: November 6, 1987
Type: Movie
A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko, a courageous and outspoken black anti-apartheid activist.
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The Trial of Klaus Barbie
Title: The Trial of Klaus Barbie
Character: M'bemba
Released: July 15, 1987
Type: Movie
Decades after the end of World War II, escaped war criminal Klaus Barbie is brought to justice.
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Dust
Title: Dust
Character: Hendrick
Released: September 11, 1985
Type: Movie
A South African spinster murders her father after he rapes the wife of the black foreman for his plantation.
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Desert of Lies
Title: Desert of Lies
Character: Bushman
Released: March 13, 1984
Type: Movie
Play by Howard Brenton. Two expeditions meet, both lost in the Kalahari desert
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Victims of Apartheid
Title: Victims of Apartheid
Character: Henry
Released: October 24, 1978
Type: Movie
George, a black South African, finds it hard to settle down in London after his experiences in South Africa.
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Child of Hope
Title: Child of Hope
Character: Shihungeleni
Released: April 24, 1975
Type: Movie
Thirty-seven men from the disputed territory of South West Africa are on trial for their lives in Pretoria, 1,000 miles from their home. They are to be tried under South Africa's Terrorism Act despite the UN ruling that South Africa must abandon its 'illegal administration' of their country.