Darrell Roodt
Total Credits at Criticker: 18 (Director), 8 (Writer)
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After falling ill, Yesterday (Khumalo) learns that she is HIV positive. With her husband in denial and young daughter to tend to, Yesterday's one goal is to live long enough to see her child go to school. (imdb)
Vusi Madlazi returns to the South African village he left as a young boy (he was organizing against apartheid, and left in fear of his life) to bury his father. (imdb)
A South-African preacher goes to search for his wayward son who has committed a crime in the big city. (imdb)
Prey (2007) - Direct-to-Video
An American family on holiday in Africa becomes lost in a game reserve and stalked by lions. (imdb)
The plot centers on students involved in the Soweto Riots, in opposition to apartheid; the story is told from the point of view of an ambitious school girl actress-activist named Sarafina. She feels shame at her mother's acceptance of her role as domestic servant in a white household in apartheid South Africa, and inspires her peers to rise up in protest (Wikipedia)
Boring, dog-faced medical examiner with personal problems investigates the murders of prostitutes whose bodies bear the ceremonial slashes of a 20,000-year-old African cult. The guy whines his way throughout and then shoots himself at the end. (Chas. Balun)
Captain Strong (Gary Daniels) always faces tests of his tenacity and will, and this mission is no different: He must rescue two prisoners with high-ranking political affiliations from a band of international smugglers -- and eliminate a mole who works within the ranks of the team he's infiltrated. With his James Bond-like ways (which also extend to the ladies), Strong proves that no case is too tough for the debonair military mastermind.
An American mother receives word that her drug addled son has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom by a drug lord operating in South Africa. She makes the journey to South Africa to pay the ransom only to run into violent and dangerous obstacles as she faces the kidnappers in the mean streets of Johannesburg. Her only chance to get her son back alive is to work with her son's pregnant girlfriend who is fighting her own battle against the drug lord. (imdb)
A drama that chronicles the life of Winnie Mandela from her childhood through her marriage and her husband's incarceration. (imdb)
When Joseph, a Zulu farmhand desperate to feed his family, turns up dead after trying to steal a chicken from his extremely nasty Afrikaaner boss, the murder is swept under the carpet by the local authorities. Joseph's friends and co-workers are initially too cowed to fight the power, but with the help of a bold woman named Gracie, reluctant Anglo journalist Philip Seeger, and the pastor who runs the local mission, they decide to try to bring the villain to justice. Important film snuck out.
Returning to her home town, Eden Rock, and overwhelmed by the birth of her first born, Chloe van Heerden (19) tries to come to terms with motherhood. Despite the support from her loving mother, Ruby (35), Chloe struggles with the demand of being a new mom. The incessant crying of her baby, the growing sense of guilt and paranoia sends Chloe into a dark depression. (imdb)
Lake Placid: Legacy (2018) - TV Movie
Legacy finds the team of young explorers out to reveal the secrets of an area removed from modern day maps and hidden behind electric fences. However, once they reach the center of the lake, they discover an island that harbors an abandoned facility with a horrific legacy: the island is home to a deadly predator eager to feast on those dumb enough to ignore the warnings... (imdb)
A retired Kickboxing champ is forced to fight back to avenge his girlfriend's murder.
A found footage film set in the South African wild, where animals and poachers rule. A Young Zulu girl, Mbali, meets an American tourist group on safari. The group enter uncharted hunting grounds where they are forced to face the untamed wild. (imdb)