Direction: Mark Dornford-May
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Mark Dornford-May. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha
2005 · Movie · 120 min. · South Africa
Direction Mark Dornford-May
Cast Pauline Malefane · Andile Tshoni · Zweilungile Sidloyi · Lungelwa Blou
Plot First performed on 3 March, 1875, Georges Bizet’s “Carmen” has since become one of the most popular operas in the history of music. The opera’s librettists, Henri Meilhac and Ludovic...
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La Boheme: Breathe Umphefumlo
2015 · Movie · 90 min. · South Africa
Direction Mark Dornford-May
Cast Noluthando Boqwana · Zamile Gantana · Sifiso Lupuzi · Pauline Malefane
Plot A South African township set version of Puccini’s La Bohème. The striking and brutal realities of the students struggling for food, shelter and medication. Mimi's death from TB - and...
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Son of Man
2006 · Movie · 86 min. · South Africa
Direction Mark Dornford-May
Cast Pauline Malefane · Andile Kosi · Andries Mbali · Mvuyisi Mjali
Plot One man's journey of love, deception and betrayal in contemporary South Africa. Based on the New Testament.
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Noye's Fludde - Unogumbe
2013 · Movie · 35 min. · South Africa
Direction Mark Dornford-May
Cast Chumisa Dornford-May · Mandisi Dyantyis · Pauline Malefane · Mhlekazi Mosiea
Plot Unogumbe follows the plot of Benjamin Britten's Noye's Fludde opera closely but moves the action from medieval England to present-day South Africa, where the background and poverty of the township...
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