Desmond Dube

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Desmond Dube is a South African singer, actor, mime artist and entertainer. He is known for his work in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Hotel Rwanda, Friends Indeed, Suburban Bliss and Joburg Blues. Born : 27th-Nov-1969

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Hotel Rwanda

Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.
Released : 22nd-Dec-2004

The Long Run

A failed track coach finally finds someone who he believes has what it takes to win. The Comrades Marathon is a 90-k race in South Africa. An aging running coach, Barry, wants to field a winner; he's working with four men from a factory, but when he's fired to make way for a smooth, corporate type, he's at loose ends. Then he sees Christine, a Namibian immigrant who runs to forget her troubles. He offers to coach her and soon she's living at his house, following his diet and training regimen. But his single-mindedness gets to her: she wants a job and a place of her own. Plus, the man who replaced Barry likes her and wants her away from Barry. Can runner and coach (woman and man, African and European) sort out their complex relationship before the race? Written by
Released : 4th-May-2001

Panic Mechanic

When Hanky Pranky (alias Schucks), star of a candid camera TV show, loses his job to affirmative action, he applies for a job at a stress academy. It´s not long before Schucks discovers his new boss, Jack Paddaman, is as crooked as they come, but it´s too late: the employment contract is signed and sealed.A year passes, and Schucks is no better off. However, his candid camera videos, which poke fun at all sectors of post-1994 South Africa, prove a big hit with stressed-out government ministers. When the president asks Paddaman to make a movie to benefit street children, Schucks and his pals do all the hard work while Paddaman plans how he can get hold of the profits from the video sales. Add a scatterbrained secretary, a lovelorn traffic cop and a cunning street child and you have a roll-in-the aisles comedy with a distinctly South African flavour.
Released : 29th-Nov-1996

The Millennium Menace

With his noticeable signature, Leon Schuster is set to keep South Africa in hysterics with his latest batch of "candid camera" skits. It's the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the candid truth...
Released : 3rd-Dec-1999

Nothing for Mahala

Nothing for Mahala is a comedic film that follows Ace (Thapelo Mokoena) into his deep and unpleasant hole of debt and financial woes. Ace who likes to play the part of the high flier is forced to get money from illegal loan sharks, which eventually lands him into some legal trouble. The result is Ace doing community service at an old age home, where much is learnt about finances, life and what really holds value.
Released : 4th-Oct-2013

Jewel

While visiting a massacre memorial, a photographer finds herself drawn to a local woman. But their romance stirs up painful memories of a shared past.
Released : 8th-Jul-2022

Office Invasion

Three friends come together to defend their valuable mining company from…aliens?! What could possibly go wrong?
Released : 10th-Aug-2022

Mandela's Gun

Set in 1962 MANDELA’S GUN is a political thriller, based on Mandelas African Odyssey. As Commander-in-Chief of the Liberation Army Umkhonto we Sizwe (the MK) he undergoes military training in Algeria and Ethiopia while surviving assassination attempts and betrayal. In South Africa he is finally arrested with the connivance of the CIA In the crucible of the surging African Liberation Movements of the early 60s not only does he study the art of war but also leadership and political survival. MANDELA’S GUN is a thrilling biopic, supported by eyewitness accounts from Mandelas advisors and comrades.
Released : 28th-Oct-2016

Schuks: Pay Back the Money

After losing rugby’s holy grail, the Currie Cup, Schuks (Leon Schuster) sets off on a hilarious journey to pay for what he has done. In lieu of a R1 million fine, the Sports Minister (Desmond Dube) offers Schuks a lifeline to create a documentary film that shows South Africa in a positive light.As the documentary takes shape, the Currie Cup traverses its own perilous journey as it moves from two clueless crooks, Bossie (Ivan Lucas) and Savage (Gerrit Schoonhoven), to an enterprising traffic officer and a conniving pawnbroker, among others.True to form, the “documentary” features a series of brand new candid camera gags for which Schuster is so well known, featuring unsuspecting South African citizens and a host of famous personalities and celebrities - both past and current.
Released : 28th-Aug-2015

"Master Harold" ...and the Boys

A poignant coming of age story and exploration of a friendship between a young white boy, and the two adult black men he has grown up around, against the backdrop of the oppressive, divisive apartheid laws of the time. Although society dictates their education are worlds apart, Sam has helped guide Hally from boy to manhood, educating him about the realities and injustices of the world, while Hally in turn teaches Sam what he has learnt at school. Their friendship has taken on an almost fatherly role for Hally, as he struggles with the strained relationship with his alcoholic father. During their debates and reminiscing on the rainy afternoon, Sam and Willy talk about their dreams of winning a ball room competition—their 'world without collisions'—a metaphor for their aspirations and yearning to create a better life for themselves. The peace is broken with the news Hally's drunken father is returning home, unleashing an anger in Hally that leads to an unprecedented bigoted outburst.
Released : 6th-Apr-2020

The Adventures Of Supermama

Doris decides to fight crime and become a local Superhero..
Released : 22nd-Jul-2018

Inside

A South African political prisoner is tortured to obtain information on apartheid conspirators. Ten years later, the head officer in charge of the questioning is similarly held as prisoner and questioned about his past offenses.
Released : 25th-Aug-1996

TV Credits

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

BK - The adventures of Mma Ramotswe, a Motswana woman who starts Botswana's first female-owned detective agency.
Released : 15th-Mar-2009

Hopeville

- In a dusty small South African town, a man in search of forgiveness tries to rebuild a relationship with the son he abandoned when he was a child, while renovating a run-down outdoor swimming pool. A feel-good series with biting humor that reflects both the ills of South African society and its resilience.
Released : 25th-Nov-2009

Magenta Coal

- Secrets and lies come to light when Matilda, the wife of a mining magnate, becomes embroiled in a bitter tussle over fortune and family succession.
Released : 27th-Oct-2023

How to Ruin Christmas

Uncle Shadrack - Prodigal daughter Tumi tries to make things right after completely ruining what should have been her sister's picture-perfect Christmas wedding.
Released : 16th-Dec-2020

Jacob's Cross

Rau Rau - The series revolves around South African born businessman Jacob Makhubu Abayomi, a son of an ANC stalwart who finds that his biological father is actually a Nigerian tribal chief. Jacob's subsequent desire to build an African oil and gas business empire in the shadow of both of his fathers is set against the backdrop of family feuds and betrayals.
Released : 26th-Jan-2007

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Desmond Dube

Movie Credits

Hotel Rwanda

The Long Run

Panic Mechanic

The Millennium Menace

With his noticeable signature, Leon Schuster is set to keep South Africa in hysterics with his latest batch of "candid camera" skits. It's the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the candid truth...Released : 3rd-Dec-1999

Nothing for Mahala

Jewel

While visiting a massacre memorial, a photographer finds herself drawn to a local woman. But their romance stirs up painful memories of a shared past.Released : 8th-Jul-2022

Office Invasion

Three friends come together to defend their valuable mining company from…aliens?! What could possibly go wrong?Released : 10th-Aug-2022

Mandela's Gun

Schuks: Pay Back the Money

"Master Harold" ...and the Boys

The Adventures Of Supermama

Doris decides to fight crime and become a local Superhero..Released : 22nd-Jul-2018

Inside

A South African political prisoner is tortured to obtain information on apartheid conspirators. Ten years later, the head officer in charge of the questioning is similarly held as prisoner and questioned about his past offenses.Released : 25th-Aug-1996

TV Credits

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

BK - The adventures of Mma Ramotswe, a Motswana woman who starts Botswana's first female-owned detective agency.Released : 15th-Mar-2009

Hopeville

Magenta Coal

- Secrets and lies come to light when Matilda, the wife of a mining magnate, becomes embroiled in a bitter tussle over fortune and family succession.Released : 27th-Oct-2023

How to Ruin Christmas

Uncle Shadrack - Prodigal daughter Tumi tries to make things right after completely ruining what should have been her sister's picture-perfect Christmas wedding.Released : 16th-Dec-2020

Jacob's Cross

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