The Forgotten Kingdom

Lesotho & South Africa

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1 hr 41

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2013

Story

Zenzo Ngqobe, from Tsotsi and The River, was up for Best Actor at the Africa Movie Academy Awards for his performance as a young man who returns from Johannesburg to rural Lesotho to bury his estranged father.

“One of the most beautifully filmed pieces of work to have come out of Southern Africa… A must-see.”

Therese Owen, IOL

Did you know?

In his screen debut, Lebogang Ntsane was named Best Child Actor at the Africa Movie Academy Awards, where The Forgotten Kingdom also won Cinematography and Sound awards.
Cinematographer Carlos Carvalho was widely praised for his work here. He died in 2018 after a fatal encounter with a giraffe while filming.