The movie “Tsotsi,” directed by Gavin Hood and based on the novel by Athol Fugard, is about a criminal’s redemption. It is about the transformation in a person and the faith that helped. “Tsotsi” was ...

“Tsotsi” transports its audience so quickly from horrific murder to bemusing baby antics that the price of a ticket should include a whiplash brace. Because the South African import – and this year’s ...

FILE - Director Gavin Hood, left, and actor Presley Chweneyagae from the best foreign language film "Tsotsi" from South Africa, arrive for the 78th Academy Awards on March 5, 2006, in Los Angeles. (AP ...

Far from the ghetto streets of Soweto, the South African drama “Tsotsi” resonates with a raw freshness and immediacy and an almost mythic sense of reclamation and redemption. Still basking in the ...

Presley Chweneyagae, the South African actor who earned international acclaim for his role in the Oscar-winning film Tsotsi, the first South African movie to win an Oscar, has died. He was 40.

The co-president of The Little Film Company worked on titles including 'Waking Ned Devine,' 'An American Haunting' and 'Before Night Falls.' By Katie Kilkenny, Alex Ritman Tsotsi executive producer ...

Gavin Hood is a white South African who recalls being raised by a Zulu housekeeper and befriending her young son. But as boys grew older, they were separated. Because of apartheid and segregation, ...

JOHANNESBURG, May 28, (AP): Presley Chweneyagae, the South African actor who gained international recognition for his leading role in the 2005 film "Tsotsi", which won South Africa’s first ever ...

South African Actor Presley Chweneyagae, Who Starred in Oscar-Winning Film 'Tsotsi', Dies Aged 40 JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Presley Chweneyagae, the South African actor who gained international recognition ...