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Events 1948 general election Coloured vote constitutional crisis 1956 Treason Trial Sharpeville massacre Rivonia Trial 1971–72 Namibian contract workers strike Soweto uprising Church Street, Pretoria bombing Vaal uprising Trojan Horse Incident Khotso House bombing Cape Town peace march CODESA Assassination of Chris Hani Saint James Church massacre 1994 Bophuthatswana crisis Shell House massacre
Organisations ANC APLA IFP AWB BBB Black Sash CCB Conservative Party DP ECC FOSATU PP RP PFP HNP MK PAC UDF Broederbond National Party COSATU Security Branch SACC SADF SAIC SAMA SAP SACP State Security Council
People Vernon Berrangé P. W. Botha Steve Biko Mangosuthu Buthelezi F. W. de Klerk Ruth First Bram Fischer Arthur Goldreich Chris Hani Bantu Holomisa Joel Joffe Ahmed Kathrada Albert Luthuli Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Mac Maharaj D. F. Malan Nelson Mandela Govan Mbeki Thabo Mbeki Raymond Mhlaba Benjamin Moloise Albertina Sisulu Walter Sisulu J. G. Strijdom Joe Slovo Robert Sobukwe Helen Suzman Adelaide Tambo Oliver Tambo Eugène Terre'Blanche Desmond Tutu H. F. Verwoerd B. J. Vorster Jacob Zuma
Places Bantustan District Six Robben Island Sophiatown South-West Africa Soweto Sun City Vlakplaas
Related topics Afrikaner nationalism Apartheid in popular culture Apartheid legislation Cape Qualified Franchise Disinvestment campaign Freedom Charter Internal resistance to apartheid Kairos Document Music in the movement against apartheid Nostalgia for apartheid Project Coast Sullivan Principles
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There is a wide range of ways in which people have representedapartheid in popular culture. During (1948–1994) and following theapartheid era inSouth Africa, apartheid has been referenced in many books, films, and other forms of art and literature.

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Goodbye Bafana (2007), aboutNelson Mandela's censor,James Gregory.
Invictus (2009), starringMatt Damon andMorgan Freeman and directed byClint Eastwood. A film based on Nelson Mandela's role in the1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa. The story is based on the John Carlin bookPlaying the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Changed a Nation.
Stander (2003), about the South African police officer-turned-bank-robberAndré Stander, during the 1970s and 1980s.
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), starringMel Gibson andDanny Glover, about twoLAPD detectives investigating a South African diplomat who runs a drug smuggling ring.
Cry Freedom (1987), about the activistStephen Biko and journalistDonald Woods
The Power of One (1992), based on the novel byBryce Courtenay
Sarafina!, a musical that premiered in 1988, depicting theSoweto Riots.
Cry, the Beloved Country (1951), based on the 1948 novel byAlan Paton
A Dry White Season (1989), based on the novel byAndré Brink
The Wilby Conspiracy, a 1975 thriller directed byRalph Nelson, based on the 1972 novel byPeter Driscoll
A World Apart, a 1988 anti-apartheid drama written byShawn Slovo and directed byChris Menges
Bopha!, a 1993 drama directed byMorgan Freeman and starringDanny Glover
The Color of Friendship, a 2000Disney Channel Original Movie
In My Country (2004), based on the 1998 bookCountry of My Skull byAntjie Krog, about the findings of the South AfricanTruth and Reconciliation Commission
Catch a Fire (2006), based on the story ofPatrick Chamusso, an apolitical man who becomes a guerrilla fighter at the height of apartheid.
Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (Australia, 2002)
Red Dust (2004), starringHilary Swank, based on the novelRed Dust byGillian Slovo, about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission trials that gave amnesty to those who told the whole truth about atrocities committed during the apartheid era.
Skin (2008), based on the bookWhen She Was White: The True Story of a Family Divided by Race by Judith Stone, aboutSandra Laing, a South African woman born to white parents, who was classified as "Coloured" during the apartheid era.
District 9 (2009); the title and premise of District 9 were inspired by events that took place inDistrict Six,Cape Town, during the apartheid era.
Black Butterflies (2011), named after the poem byIngrid Jonker, daughter ofAbraham Jonker. Nelson Mandela used her poem "The Child" in his first speech in the South African Parliament in 1994.