Mduduzi Mabaso Movies
- 2006
This short fantasy drama by South African director Teboho Mahlatsi draws both on traditional African folklore and on Mozart's The Magic Flute, telling the story of a solitary stickfighter named Kgotso, who lives in the mountains near a village. It is whispered by the villagers that his mother died in childbirth, and that the healer who raised him also died when he was only eight, bequeathing him a concertina, which he plays to bring about his only joy in life. Hired by the farmers to protect their sheep, Kgotso amuses himself during his watch by playing his beloved instrument, until one day his performance unwittingly calls about the spirit of a cursed woman, whose body lies motionless because her soul is in the captivity of an evil man. Moved by human love for the first time since he was a boy, Kgotso sets out on a brave adventure to save the mysterious woman. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Mduduzi Mabaso, Terry Pheto, (more)
A South African mercenary and a Mende fisherman find their fates forever intertwined as they embark on a quest to obtain a rare and highly coveted pink diamond in director Edward Zwick's frantic adventure drama. Ripped from his family farm and forced to toil away in the sweltering South African diamond fields, Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou) discovered an extraordinary rough stone of immeasurable value. Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a hired gun who specializes in the sale of so-called "blood diamonds" that are used to finance rebellions and terrorist organizations, and is currently serving time for smuggling. As a bloody civil war rages in Sierra Leone and Archer learns that Vandy has safely hidden the diamond in a place where no one would ever suspect, the pair enlist the aid of disillusioned American journalist Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly) in recovering the treasure that has the power to save Vandy's family and provide the desperate Archer with a much-needed chance for redemption. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, (more)
