Lionel Ngakane
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...
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...
Known For
Cast Credits
Victims of Apartheid
as Mokwe
The Squeeze
as West Indian
Child of Hope
as Mutumbulua
Two Gentlemen Sharing
as Bill
Wind Versus Polygamy
as Ofodile
The Painted Smile
as Barman
Nothing Barred
as Convict
The Night We Got the Bird
as Porter
Nor the Moon by Night
as Nimrod
The Mark of the Hawk
as African Doctor
Safari
as Makora
Duel in the Jungle
as Servant
Cry, the Beloved Country
as Absolom Kumalo
Crew Credits
Jemima + Johnny
Director