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QuoteSOUTH AFRICAN FIRSTS IN FILMS
FIRST FILM STUDIO IN AFRICA: African Film Productions, Killarney, Johannesburg.
FIRST FILMED CONFLICT: The Anglo-Boer War, 1899 – 1902.
OLDEST SURVIVING FEATURE FILM IN AFRICA: De Voortrekkers (1916)
OLDEST SURVIVING FOOTAGE IN AFRICA: Adderley Street, Cape Town, 1898.
FIRST SOUND FILMS IN AFRICA: Moedertjie and Sarie Marais (1931)
FIRST AFRIKAANS LANGUAGE FEATURE FILMS: Moedertjie and Sarie Marais (1931)
FIRST SA PRODUCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE FEATURE FILM: Seven Against The Sun (1964)
FIRST WAR THEMED FILM IN AFRICA: The Symbol of Sacrifice (1918)
FIRST SOUTH AFRICAN DRIVE IN CINEMA: The Johannesburg Drive In, Marlboro.
THE FIRST SA OSCAR WINNER: Ted Moore BSC for A Man For All Seasons. (1966)
FIRST MULTIPLEX CINEMA COMPLEXES: Ster City (Jhb) and Sterland, Pretoria (1969)
FIRST SOUTH AFRICAN FILM TO WIN AN OSCAR: Tsotsi (2006)
FIRST SOUTH AFRICAN ACTOR TO WIN AN OSCAR: Charlize Theron, Monster (2003)
MOST RECENT SA OSCAR WINNER: Margaret Sixel for Mad Max Fury Road.
FIRST WESTERN FILM MADE IN AFRICA: The Hellions (1961)
FIRST ZOMBIE THEMED FILM MADE IN AFRICA: Ride The High Wind (1965)
FIRST HORROR FILM IN AFRICA: Jannie Totsiens (1970)
FIRST AFRICAN FILM WITH AN ALL-BLACK CAST: African Jim (1949)
FIRST AFRIKAANS MUSICAL: Kom Saam Vanaand (1949)
FIRST ANTI-APARTHEID FEATURE FILM: Come Back Africa (1959)
FIRST POLITICAL THRILLER: Die Kandidaat (1968)
FIRST SOUTH AFRICAN FILM BANNED: Three Bullets For A Long Gun (1972)
FIRST MARTIAL ARTS FILM IN AFRICA: Karate Olympia (1976)
FIRST FEMALE FILM DIRECTOR IN AFRICA: Truida Pohl, Die Man In Die Donker (1963)
FIRST LGBTIQ FILM IN AFRICA: Quest For Love (1987)
Long may the firsts continue :cheers:
First South African film to achieve international acclaim: The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)?
Quote from: claws on July 03, 2019, 08:15:10 AM
First South African film to achieve international acclaim: The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)?
Actually it wasn't the first.
This one (also known as The Winners)
(https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/my-way-poster-us-poster-bottom-left-joe-stewardson-1972-picture-id1137309147)
and this
(https://resizing.flixster.com/7k_jRxlIIMi2MaW4fw_x3FJNTP4=/206x305/v1.bTsxMjIwMTI1NDtqOzE4MDk2OzEyMDA7MzQ3OzQ3NQ)
were the first SA films to do very well financially overseas: The Gods Must be Crazy was released well after these were.
ahhh ok. Somebody needs to update the wikki page :smile: