Mary Twala

Acting

Mary Twala

Born September 14, 1939 · Soweto, South Africa

Died July 4, 2020 · aged 80

No biography available.

Known For

The Dark TowerThe Dark Tower · 2017
The Dark Tower
5.82017
MovieFantasyAction
A boy haunted by visions of a parallel world aids its disillusioned guardian in preventing the destruction of the nexus of universes known as the Dark Tower.
Hector and the Search for HappinessHector and the Search for Happiness · 2014
Hector and the Search for Happiness
6.72014
MovieAdventureDrama
Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector decides to break out of his deluded and routine driven life. Armed with buckets of courage and child-like curiosity, he embarks on a global quest in hopes of uncovering the elusive secret formula for true happiness. And so begins a larger than life adventure with riotously funny results.
FreedomFreedom · 2018
Freedom
2018
MovieDrama
Freedom (inspired by Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment) is set in contemporary Johannesburg against the #FeesMustFall student movement. It explores the paradoxical, often limited, notion of "freedom" for born-free South African youth, focusing on the harsh realities of post-apartheid life.
MapantsulaMapantsula · 1988
Mapantsula
7.01988
MovieCrimeDrama
A petty gangster inevitably becomes involved in the growing anti-apartheid struggle and is forced to choose between individual gain and a united stand against the system.
Sarafina!Sarafina! · 1992
Sarafina!
6.11992
MovieMusicDrama
A Soweto schoolgirl named Sarafina is galvanized to protest apartheid after her teacher is arrested for her activism, leading her to join the student resistance movement.
Black Is KingBlack Is King · 2020
Black Is King
7.12020
MovieMusic
This visual album from Beyoncé reimagines the lessons of "The Lion King" (2019) for today's young kings and queens in search of their own crowns.
Leading LadyLeading Lady · 2014
Leading Lady
5.52014
MovieDramaComedy
An idealistic British drama school teacher, Jodi Rutherford, persuades a cynical South African farmer to prepare her for a role in a major film as an Afrikaans war heroine. In return Jodi undertakes to direct the annual concert on the Willemse farm. Jodi's interaction with the quirky small town citizens and the stubborn Kobus, teaches her that: "there is more to life than lights... camera... and action!"
This Is Not a Burial, It's a ResurrectionThis Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection · 2020
This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection
7.42020
MovieDrama
Amongst the mountains of Lesotho, an 80-year-old widow winds up her affairs and makes arrangements for her burial. But when her village is threatened with resettlement due to the construction of a reservoir, she finds a new will to live and ignites a spirit of resistance within her community.

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