Draft:Africa Film Productions

Africa Film Productions a silent film era film production company in South Africa. A studio for its productions was built outside Johannesburg.

Edgar Hyman filmed actualities in South Africa. Isidore W. Schlesinger established Africa Film Productions in 1916. He employed directors Harold M. Shaw, Lorimer Johnston, Marmaduke Arundel Wetherell, and Dirk Cruikshanks.

The studio's production included nationalistic epics and comedies. "African Mirror" newsreels.

Filmography

 * The Artist's Dream (1916)
 * De Voortrekkers (1916), Harold M. Shaw director
 * £20,000 (1916)
 * Glorida (1916)
 * A Zulu's Devotion (1916)
 * A Kract Affair (1916)
 * With Our Troops in German East Africa (1916)
 * And Then (1917)
 * The Piccanin's Christmas (1917)
 * The Bridge (1918)
 * The Symbol of Sacrifice (1918)
 * Bond and Word (1918)
 * The Voice of the Waters (1918)
 * Allan Quatermain (1919) based on Allan Quatermain
 * The Stolen Favourite (1919)
 * Fallen Leaves (1919)
 * With Edged Tools (1919)
 * Copper Mask (1919)
 * Prester John (1920) based on Prester John
 * 6. Isban: Or the Mystery of the Great Zimbabwe (1920)
 * Virtue in the City (1920)
 * Under the Lash (1921)
 * The Buried City (1921)
 * Swallow (1922)
 * Sam's Kid (1922)
 * The Blue Lagoon (1923)
 * The Reef of Stars (1923)

???Sarie Marais (1931)???

Filmography

 * The Consoling Weed (1937)
 * Die Bou van 'n Nasie (1938)???
 * Geboortegrond (1946)
 * Die Kaskenades van Dokter Kwak (1948)
 * Kom saam vanaand! (1949)
 * Arches of Faith (1949)
 * Zonk (1950), a musical
 * Hier's Ons Weer! (1950)
 * Ivory Hunter (1951)
 * Alles sal Regkom! (1951)
 * South African Cavalcade (1952)
 * Song of Africa (1952)
 * Natal (1956)
 * Farbige Liebelei (1956)
 * Fishermen of Skeleton Coast (1956)
 * South African Mosaic (1956)
 * Anette: A Story of Achievement (1957)
 * They Came to Stay (1958)
 * The Wild are Free (1958)
 * Nooi van my Hart (1959)