Clarence Hamilton
Director
Ekhaya: A Family Chronicle (1997)
Ekhaya: A Family Chronicle
A Black South African lives in Toronto with his Canadian wife in 1989. His fears of being stalked by South African secret police, force him to reflect back on his life growing up under apartheid.
Released Jan. 23, 1997
Episode 60 min
None+
Genres: Drama
Keywords: mdblist.has-trailer
Production Companies: Inner City Films, Circle Blue Films, Kurira Films International, South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)
Network: SABC 1
S1E1 - State of Mind
Afraid that South African authorities still want him, Darryl begins recalling his politically oppressive childhood in his former home.
Jan. 23, 1997, midnight
S1E2 - Beauties at the Patmore Deluxe
Darryl's mind is flooded with boyhood memories of fighting at school, his love of a white girl and the arrests of Boytjie and Russell on charges of murder.
Jan. 30, 1997, midnight
S1E3 - The Visitors and the Wedding
After a run-in with David, Darryl recalls his brother's clandestine political activities in Soweto and Boytjie facing formal charges of murder.
Feb. 6, 1997, midnight
S1E4 - Them Charges
Darryl's publisher plans to add text to his book that the author finds unacceptable.
Feb. 13, 1997, midnight
S1E5 - A Black and White Christmas
When Darryl fears that a man he sees talking to Lerato has been following him, he remembers a man he saw knifed in South Africa and Boytjie's murder trial.
Feb. 20, 1997, midnight
S1E6 - Who Was Jan Van Riebeeck?
Despite David's insistence, Darryl is reluctant to join the Canadian anti-apartheid movement; Darryl recalls his days in boarding school.
Feb. 27, 1997, midnight
S1E7 - Blacks and Play-Whites in the Suburbs
Rosa worries about Darryl's obsession with the man following him; Darryl remembers Veronica's decision to pass as white and live in the suburbs.
March 6, 1997, midnight
S1E8 - Dead Mothers and Garden Boys
Darryl considers speaking at a protest at the South African consulate, which prompts him to remember how easy it is to become an enemy of the state.
March 13, 1997, midnight
S1E9 - Liberals, Radicals and Death
With suspicions that Sipho is in trouble in South Africa, Darryl remembers the government seizing his grandmother's house and David being wounded in the army.
March 20, 1997, midnight
S1E10 - The Fountain of Pain
Darryl recalls the effects his political activities had on his late father when he receives a call from his mother still living in his native South Africa.
March 27, 1997, midnight
S1E11 - First Love, Then War
Darryl debates whether to return to South Africa when his safety cannot be guaranteed.
April 3, 1997, midnight
S1E12 - First Love, Then War
While returning to South Africa for his father's funeral, Darryl remembers how he was smuggled out of the country.
April 10, 1997, midnight
S1E13 - To Die For
Special Branch agents confront Darryl when he arrives in South Africa; David admits to his clandestine work for the government.
April 10, 1997, midnight
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SABC 1
60 min/ep
60 min
Jan. 23, 1997
April 10, 1997, midnight
Ended
NR
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