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Lionel Ngakane: South African filmmaker.
Born (died at age 83).
Lionel Ngakane has 2 credits in our database.
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Filmography (2)
Biography
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).
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Lionel Ngakane was born on and passed away on at the age of 83.
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Lionel Ngakane has 2 credits in our database. Notable titles include Jemima & Johnny (1966), Odongo (1956).
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