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Plot

Mapantsula was financed and filmed in South Africa, where it gained its widest distribution. Thomas Mogotlane stars as a black small-time thief. He spends the greater part of his life in jail, where he refuses to knuckle under to the race-motivated sadism of his white captors. The film doesn't solve much, but is good audience material, practically guaranteed to arouse anyone who's been beaten down by "the system." Mapantsula was lensed in a saturated European process known as Agfacolor.
MPAA Rating:
Not Yet Rated
Genre(s):
Drama
Run Time:
105min.
Theatrical Release Date:
03/07/2004
Director(s):
Oliver Schmitz
Starring:
Thomas Mogotlane , Marcel Van Heerden , Thembi Mtshali , Dolly Rathebe , Peter Sephuma
Themes:
Totalitarian States,Fighting the System,Race Relations
Tone:
Confrontational,Forceful,Harsh,Matter-of-Fact
Keywords:
Black [race],anti-Apartheid,prison,small-time,thief