Silverton Siege

When I was approached to interview the lead actors from Mandla Dube's Freedom Day movie, “Silverton Siege”, I agreed. After all, we always champion local ...

It is one of the things I was very grateful for.” Also, she gives one of the greatest performances we have seen in a South African movie and I would argue, one of the greatest physical actions we have seen. “He summed up the film in that breath. She was the heart and soul of the production. It’s a very loaded statement when you look at the situation in context. “MK was started by a white Russian man, Joe Slovo. There were people of different races in the struggle. Then I remembered I saw in his eyes what he was doing. Erasmus agreed: “I think she is phenomenal. “It’s about the fact that we can’t ignore injustice. That was the first thing that leapt out at me even though I had reservations about the character itself. And that is why I feel that this movie, which is based on a true-life event, is Dube’s magnum opus. You ache for these characters, who are in a desperate situation.

Inspired by real events, Mandla Dube's Netflix film, "Silverton Siege," constantly asks the question, "What is the price of freedom?" The answer is simple ...

Calvin and Terra died that day, but their revolution lived on and sparked a national movement that finally became the Free Nelson Mandela Campaign, who was later released on February 11, just three weeks after the siege of Silverton. Like Calvin, even Langerman understood the price of freedom in the end, which was “everything.” Calvin was ready to sacrifice his life for the movement so that generations to come would live in freedom and wouldn’t be discriminated against on the basis of their skin color. It is the men and their ideologies that promote hatred among men, and in the “Silverton Siege,” the Brigadier was the exact personification of that hatred. It was Aldo Erasmus, Calvin’s close friend and comrade, who sold them out to Captain Langerman, and he had his own personal reasons for betraying his friends and the movement. In a violent chase, Calvin loses one of his comrades, named Masego, and while running from the police, they take shelter in a South African bank named Volkskas. At gunpoint, Calvin, Terra, and Aldo take hostages and plan a way out, while in the meantime, they try to discover who snitched about them and reveal their plan to Captain Langerman, which was why he was already waiting for them at the Seahorse oil depot. From an African American hostage named Cornelius Washington, Calvin gets the idea of giving their voice to the freedom of Nelson Mandela, and thus, without any further ado, Calvin and his comrades demand the impossible.

Culture Custodian reviews Netflix's South African action-thriller 'Silverton Siege' which is inspired by a real event that helped start the Free Mandela ...

While it is disappointing to see these tropes in an African movie, it’s important to add that these few flaws do very little to distract you from the point of the movie. This movie makes the case for the need for more authentic movies told by the owners of the stories. Justin Strydom is extremely good at playing the role of the racist white cop that you find yourself hating whenever the camera pans to him. As you watch on, the movie delves into the backgrounds and motivations of the characters. Noxolo is believable as a vengeful, wild card Terra who is ready to shed blood for the cause at the slightest provocation. On 25 January 1980, three armed activists of the ANC’s uMkhonto we Sizwe (“spear of the nation”) wing walked into a bank in Silverton, Pretoria and changed the course of history forever.

When all else fails, and the chance of an escape looks thin, the guerrilla fighters attempt to turn the hostage abduction situation into a movement. While the ...

However, towards the end, the movie heads into the realm of fiction, as it does not try too hard to adhere to history. The movie adheres to most of the specifics of the incident but tweaks the names a little bit. In the process, the MK liberationists held 25 civilian hostages on the ground floor of the bank and went off with their demands. The Cadres then changed the route and went into a branch of Volkskas Bank. Therefore, the treatment and the story come off as refreshing, although the movie conceals several heist movie and Blaxploitation genre tropes. While the journey is dynamic and cerebral, you must wonder how much of the story is borrowed from reality.

Pippa Hudson speaks to South African film star, Arnold Vosloo. 'Silverton Siege' is a highly fictionalised re-telling of a hostage drama in a Pretoria bank in ...

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Inspired by true events, Silverton Siege depicts the tense 1990 showdown between South African freedom fighters and police officers. Details here.

The Trio are all in agreement that someone, perhaps one of them, is an “Impimpi“ – a sell-out and police spy. Jiva! actress Noxolo Dlamini stars as Mbali Terra in the new release. However, we believe most of the hype hails from the small moments of hair-raising action viewers saw in the teaser because now, audiences are beginning to see more.