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Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema

Name: Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema
Released: 2008

2008

This gritty crime saga charts an ambitious Soweto man's rise from car hijacking to running a lucrative building-hijacking racket in Johannesburg, and the price of his climb through the underworld. Based on true events.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from South Africa

This film is stop 9 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through South Africa. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps South Africa in the 196 country film challenge.