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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 member of the Pan African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI) and Fespaco, the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO). Ngakane was born in Pretoria, South Africa.[2] In 1936, …
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- Theatre 625 (1964) as Ofodile
- Studio 4 (1962) as Houseboy
- Duel in the Jungle (1954) as Servant
- Safari (1956) as Makora
- The Squeeze (1977) as West Indian
- Cry, the Beloved Country (1951) as Absolom Kumalo
- Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969) as Bill
- The Mark of the Hawk (1957) as African Doctor
- In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid (1994) as Self
- Child of Hope (1975) as Mutumbulua
- Nor the Moon by Night (1958) as Nimrod
- The Night We Got the Bird (1960) as Porter
- Jemima + Johnny (1966) Director
- The Painted Smile (1962) as Barman
- Wind Versus Polygamy (1968) as Ofodile
- Victims of Apartheid (1978) as Mokwe
- Nothing Barred (1961) as Convict
- It’s the Only Way to Go (1970) Cast
- Baobab: Portrait of a Tree (1971) as Legend Storyteller (voice)
- Vukani/Awake (1962) Director
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Selected TV credits: Theatre 625 (1964), Studio 4 (1962).
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