A Million Colours

2011 Canadian film

27 September 2011 (2011-09-27) (Hollywood Black Film Festival)

Running time

120 minutesCountriesCanada
South AfricaLanguageEnglishBudget$6,000,000

A Million Colours, also called Colors of Heaven, is a 2011 film directed by Peter Bishai^[1] and co-written with Andre Pieterse. It is based on the lives of Muntu Ndebele and Norman Knox, actors in the film Forever Young, Forever Free, also known as e'Lollipop. It follows them from the success of the film around the time of the Soweto Uprising, through to the election of Nelson Mandela.

Cast

Wandile Molebatsi as Muntu Ndebele
Jason Hartman as Norman Knox
Masello Motana as Sabela
Stelio Savante as Major Shawn Dixon

Reception

One reviewer said of the film, "It is a tale of the exploration of morality, self-sacrifice, integrity and the conviction of one’s belief system. To those with an open mind it will offer a rich exploration of the past, but it is one that requires an appreciation of telling the story of the personal to take us inside the past, and bring child film star Muntu’s story to life."^[2]

References

^ Dercksen, Daniel. "True Colours". BizCommunity. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
^ Risker, Paul. "A Million Colours Review". HeyUGuys. Retrieved 17 September 2020.