Joe Bullet
''Joe Bullet'' is a South African action film. It was the first South African film to have an all-black cast, to appeal to black audiences. The film was followed by a 1982 sequel ''Bullet on the Run''. Background Independently released in 1973, ''Joe Bullet'' played at the Eyethu cinema in Soweto. The film was premiered without approval from apartheid censors and after two screenings the film was banned, although the ban was eventually overturned."Film banned in South Africa to screen for the first time in 44 years"
''Channel24.co.za'', 24 January 2017. For about 40 years the original film reels were stored by the writer and producer Tonie van der Merwe's, who kept the reels every time he moved home.
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Ken Gampu
Ken Gampu (Germiston, August 28, 1929 – Vosloorus, November 4, 2003) was a South African actor. Before he began his career, Gampu was a physical training instructor, salesman, interpreter and police officer. His first acting job was in Athol Fugard's play, ''No Good Friday'' (1958). His big break came in the 1965 film ''Dingaka'' by Jamie Uys. The same year, he had a significant role in Cornel Wilde's African adventure film, ''The Naked Prey''. Background Gampu was the son of Morrison Gampu, a former Bantu government interpreter who later became an actor himself. Career 1950s to 1970s In the 1973 action film, '' Joe Bullet'', Gampu was featured in the lead role playing the part of a strong action man, Joe Bullet. The character was described by ''The Guardian'' as being modelled on something between Shaft and James Bond. Bullet drank alcohol, drove sports cars, did karate, threw knives and climbed up mineshafts. It was independently released in 1973, and it played at the Eyet ...
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