1976年，南非政府发布紧急戒严令，在此期间，黑人学生挑战政府权威，要求政府释放奈森.曼德拉，导致数百学童被政府杀害，上万学童遭逮捕。本片借由中学生Sarafina显示出南非年轻一代黑人学子对民族自尊的正视，对自由的渴求以及对未来的期望。

2004 film directed by Darrell Roodt

Newly elected President Nelson Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby union team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match.

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.