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Lionel Ngakane
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Lionel Ngakane
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Biography
Lionel Ngakane (17 July 1928 – 26 November 2003) was a South African filmmaker and actor, who lived in exile in the United Kingdom from the 1950s until 1994, when he returned to South Africa after the end of apartheid. His 1965 film Jemima and Johnny, inspired by the 1958 "race riots" in Notting Hill, London, won awards at the Venice and Rimini film festivals. In the 1960s, Ngakane was a founding member of the Pan African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI) and Fespaco, the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO). Ngakane was born in Pretoria, South Africa.[2] In 1936, his family and he moved to the Sophiatown neighbourhood of Johannesburg. His father (a teacher) set up a hostel with Alan Paton, author of the 1948 novel Cry, The Beloved Country. Ngakane was educated at Fort Hare University College and the University of Witwatersrand, and worked on Drum and Zonk magazines from 1948 to 1950. In 1950, he began his career in film as an assistant director and actor in the film version of Cry, the Beloved Country (1951), directed by Zoltan Korda. Shortly thereafter, Ngakane went into exile in the United Kingdom. As an actor, he appeared in films, including The Mark of the Hawk in 1957 (with Eartha Kitt), on television — Quatermass and the Pit (1958) and the spy series Danger Man (Deadline, 1962) with Patrick McGoohan, and on stage — in Errol John's Moon on a Rainbow Shawl,[5] and Wole Soyinka's play The Lion and the Jewel at the Royal Court Theatre in 1966.[6] Ngakane returned to South Africa after the end of apartheid in 1994. He is best remembered for his short film Jemima and Johnny (1965), inspired by the 1958 "race riots" in Notting Hill, London. It won awards at the Venice and Rimini film festivals. He also directed documentaries on apartheid and African development. He was honorary president of the Pan African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI), which organization he had originated in 1967 as a lobbying group for the support of African filmmakers.[2] He died in Rustenburg, South Africa, in 2003, aged 75.

Filmography

Wind Versus Polygamy

10

Wind Versus Polygamy
1968-07-15

The Painted Smile

5.833

The Painted Smile
1962-05-01

In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid

8

In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
1994-02-18

5.611

Safari
1956-06-20

7

Nothing Barred
1961-10-10

Nor the Moon by Night

6.2

Nor the Moon by Night
1958-08-07

Victims of Apartheid

0

Victims of Apartheid
1978-10-24

Cry, the Beloved Country

6.333

Cry, the Beloved Country
1951-11-16

Duel in the Jungle

6.357

Duel in the Jungle
1954-06-30

0

Child of Hope
1975-04-24

5.471

The Squeeze
1977-03-20

Two Gentlemen Sharing

5.5

Two Gentlemen Sharing
1969-09-17

The Mark of the Hawk

3.429

The Mark of the Hawk
1957-12-01

It’s the Only Way to Go

6

It’s the Only Way to Go
1970-01-01

The Night We Got the Bird

6.333

The Night We Got the Bird
1960-11-03

Baobab: Portrait of a Tree

0

Baobab: Portrait of a Tree
1971-10-03

7.2

Theatre 625
1964-05-03

7.5

Studio 4
1962-01-22

7.4

Danger Man
1960-09-11