Athol Fugard
Date of Birth: 11 Jun 1932
Country: South Africa
Biography: South African playwright, novelist, actor, and director who writes in English, best known for his political plays opposing the South African system of apartheid and for the 2005 Academy-Award winning film of his novel Tsotsi, directed by Gavin Hood.[1] He is an adjunct professor of playwriting, acting, and directing in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of California, San Diego.[2] For academic year 2000-2001, he was the IU Class of 1963 Wells Scholar Professor at Indiana Univ
Total Credits at Criticker: 2 (Actor), 5 (Writer)
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Set amidst the bustling townships of Johannesburg and infused with the pumping high-energy Kwaito music of the top South African artist Zola, Tsotsi is an extraordinary portrait of the choices we make in life and the personal triumph that comes from choosing love over rage. (Miramax Films)
'Master Harold'... and the Boys (1985) - TV Movie
Master Harold" is what the black employees are ordered to call young Hally, the son of a well-to-do white couple who own a fashionable tea room. Hally wanders into the establishment one day and sees two black male workers practicing for an upcoming ballroom competition by dancing together. The two employees and Hally exchange kidding rebukes, not meant to offend anyone. But after Hally receives some bad news about his father, he takes out his anger upon the workers.
This story from a renowned South African playwright critiques the apartheid policy and the racial segregation in that country. (imdb)
Hally (Freddie Highmore), an adolescent white South African, deals with his father's racism while learning important life lessons from Sam (Ving Rhames), a black waiter.