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Hijack Stories is a 2000 South African crime film directed by Oliver Schmitz. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Cast. Tony Kgoroge as Sox Moraka; Rapulana Seiphemo as Zama; Percy Matsemela as Fly; Makhaola Ndebele as Joe; Moshidi Motshegwa as Grace; Emily McArthur as Nicky; Owen Sejake ...
4 lug 2001 · Hijack Stories: Directed by Oliver Schmitz. With Tony Kgoroge, Rapulana Seiphemo, Percy Matsemela, Makhaola Ndebele. A young Soweto actor joins a gang to study up and be more convincing in a gangster role he wants.
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- Crime, Drama
- Oliver Schmitz
- 2001-07-04
Synopsis. In Johannesburg, Sox, a young black actor, leaves his white girlfriend and comfortable middle-class existence behind, as he goes back to Soweto to live among township criminals so he can get a part in a TV gangsta show and 'play it for real'. Reviews. Derek Malcolm, Hijack Stories, The Guardian (newspaper)
South Africa, Germany, and UK / 2000 / 94mins / Crime, Drama / English. Hijack Stories is about Sox Morak, a young actor who is cast in the role of a gangster in a popular television series. He ventures into Soweto to research the role with Siphiwe, a childhood friend who is now a real hijacker. As he spends more and more time with the ...
A high-octane action thriller set in the post-apartheid South African ghetto. Through themes of racial identification and reflections on Hollywood-style violence, Hijack Stories mixes social commentary and humour while looking at the most painful and violent aspects of South African society.
4 apr 2012 · Time Out says. Sox Maraka (Kgoroge), an ambitious young actor living with his white girlfriend in a middle class Johannesburg suburb, decides to 'Method' act his way into a bad-ass gangster role ...
HIJACK STORIES. by Oliver Schmitz. synopsis. This South African movie takes a close-up look at car hijacking and life in the townships in general. A struggling young actor is up for a role in a gangster movie, but he lacks ''street cred''.
