The Umbrella Men

Documentary filmmaker Bruce Brown, himself a competition-level surfer, follows surfers Michael Hynson and Robert August on an around-the-world surfing adventure. With Brown's wry, sardonic narration and a twangy, guitar-driven instrumental soundtrack by The Sandals playing over the silent footage, Mike and Rob leave their California ho...

Runtime

1h 31m

Director

Bruce Brown

Cast

Michael Hynson, Robert August, Lord James Blears

Runtime

1h 32m

Director

Elena Bromund, Viviane Blumenschein

Cast

Philip Boyd, Phyllis Spira, Zandile Constable

A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko, a courageous and outspoken black anti-apartheid activist.

Runtime

2h 37m

Director

Richard Attenborough

Cast

Kevin Kline, Denzel Washington, Penelope Wilton

Mercenary John Seeger is one of the best in the business. John and his crew battle some soldiers on Galmoral Island in Southern Africa as they're trying to rescue the French Ambassador -- there's a coup going on. Some of John's soldiers unload their machine guns into the Ambassador and his family, blowing the mission and getting his be...

Runtime

1h 36m

Director

Don E. FauntLeRoy

Cast

Steven Seagal, Jacqueline Lord, Roger Guenveur Smith

After young Kirra leaves her Australian home to summer with her grandfather in South Africa, she soon discovers a baby orca stranded in the lagoon near her grandfather’s rundown seaside amusement park. She names the lonely whale Willy--and embarks on a great quest to lead the little guy back to his anxious pod.

Runtime

1h 41m

Director

Will Geiger

Cast

Beau Bridges, Bindi Irwin, Matthew Dylan Roberts