Zakes Mokae

Zakes Mokae

August 5, 1934 · 92 years old

Zakes Makgona Mokae (August 5, 1934 – September 11, 2009) was a South African stage and screen actor. For his role in playwright Athol Fugard's "Master Harold"...and the Boys, Mokae won the 1982 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. His major films include Cry Freedom (1987), A Dry White Se…

Known For

15 titles
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Waterworld

Waterworld

1995 · 2h 15m · Movie

In a future where the polar ice-caps have melted and Earth is almost entirely submerged, a mutated mariner fights starvation and outlaw "smokers," and reluctantly helps a woman and a young girl try to find dry land.

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Outbreak

Outbreak

1995 · 2h 7m · Movie

A team of Army doctors struggle to find a cure for the deadly Motaba virus that was transported from Africa to North America by a white-headed Capuchin monkey and is now spreading quickly throughout a small California town.

6.6
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The Serpent and the Rainbow

The Serpent and the Rainbow

1988 · 1h 38m · Movie

An anthropologist goes to Haiti to research a drug that makes someone appear dead by suspending all vital signs.

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Vampire in Brooklyn

Vampire in Brooklyn

1995 · 1h 40m · Movie

A Caribbean vampire seduces a Brooklyn police officer who has no idea that she is half-vampire.

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Cry Freedom

Cry Freedom

1987 · 2h 37m · Movie

South African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend, the Black anti-Apartheid activist Steve Biko.

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Krippendorf's Tribe

Krippendorf's Tribe

1998 · 1h 34m · Movie

An anthropologist creates a fictitious lost New Guinea tribe using his family members to cover up his misuse of grant monies.

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A Dry White Season

A Dry White Season

1989 · 1h 46m · Movie

A white middle class South African suburbanite with no interest in politics agrees to help his black gardener find his jailed son. His investigation opens his eyes to the horrors committed by the secret police and turns him into a...

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Dust Devil

Dust Devil

1992 · 1h 27m · Movie

A woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitch-hiker.

6.2
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Dad

Dad

1989 · 1h 57m · Movie

While his mom recovers in hospital from a heart attack, John puts his busy life on hold to fly home and help his elderly dad around the house. John's son later joins them and they all truly bond for the first and, tragically, fina...

6.3
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Body Parts

Body Parts

1991 · 1h 28m · Movie

After losing his arm in a car accident, a criminal psychologist has it replaced with a limb that belonged to a serial killer.

5.7
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Roar

Roar

1981 · 1h 35m · Movie

A naturalist living with big cats in East Africa expects a visit by his family of four from Chicago. A mix-up leaves him searching for his family, who have been left in the clutches of wild lions.

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12
The Island

The Island

1980 · 1h 54m · Movie

Journalist Blair Maynard takes his son Justin to investigate pirate activity off the Florida coast. A plane crash strands them on an island of modern-day pirates, who brainwash Justin. Blair tries to rescue him and take him home.

5.3
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Gross Anatomy

Gross Anatomy

1989 · 1h 49m · Movie

A fisherman's son goes through medical school with a bad attitude, especially in cadaver class.

6.2
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A Caribbean Mystery

A Caribbean Mystery

1983 · 1h 32m · Movie

While Miss Marple is on vacation in a luxurious Caribbean resort, a fellow guest confides he has evidence that another resident of the hotel is an unscrupulous serial murderer but is poisoned before he can reveal his identity to her.

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Separation

Separation

1968 · 1h 33m · Movie

Separation concerns the inner life of a woman during a period of breakdown - marital, and possibly mental. Her past and (possible?) future are revealed through a fragmented narrative.

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