Sophie Okonedo
27 titles
Filmography
27 results

Skin
(2009)Born in 1950’s South Africa, a light-skinned black girl with white parents is thrust into identity crisis by an apartheid state and her own family.

Alien Worlds
Applying the laws of life on Earth to the rest of the galaxy, this series blends science fact and fiction to imagine alien life on other planets.
Civilisations: Rise and Fall
They were the greatest civilizations in history. Each believed they would live on forever. But each suffered a devastating decline. From the Ancient Egyptians and the mighty Roman Empire to the samurai of Japan and the Aztec Kings, expert testimony and dramatic reconstruction unpicks why these great empires collapsed, using the treasures they left behind to unlock the secrets of their demise.

Thailand: Earth's Tropical Paradise
Go beyond Thailand’s beautiful beaches to discover a sacred kingdom of awe-inspiring beauty. This series takes in the towering limestone cliffs, the paddy fields, the hidden temples and the teeming city of Bangkok, before visiting the mysterious forests of the north. Discover a land that is worlds away from the familiar tourist trails.
Racism: A History

The Ghastly Ghoul
(2023)When a little monster from Halloween World is stranded in the human world on Halloween Night after trick or treating too much, one girl must face her fears and help the monster return home.

Running With The Beest
(2022)The great wildebeest migration in East Africa is a spectacle that can be seen from space and the most impressive mass movement of land animals. While on the move, the wildebeest encounter many life-threatening obstacles, both natural and man-made. Travel with two Maasai guides who expose today’s conflict between people and wildlife and share new ideas for co-existence.

Hotel Rwanda
(2004)The true story of a brave hotel manager who risked his and his family’s lives to harbor over 1,000 refugees during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

Flack
Bad Behavior. Great Publicists. Ever wonder what the real story is behind those celebrity gossip columns? Flack has all the dirt. Four quick-witted and relentless flackers led by Robyn, played by Academy Award Winner Anna Paquin, are tasked to make the best of their celebrity client’s terrible decisions. Will their ability to clean up their client’s lives translate to their own?
National Theatre Live: Antony & Cleopatra
(2018)Mark Antony has it all following Caesar's assassination - power, glory, and a whole empire.
Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty
The story of how the greatest art works of all time were born of war and bloodshed.

Wild Rose
(2019)After unjustly serving a year in jail, an aspiring country singer and single mom gets a second chance at her dream when a radio host hears her voice.

Go Now
(1995)Nick Cameron is happy with his mates, his football and a new girlfriend. But his world falls apart when he becomes diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Authentic and unsentimental, Go Now is a poignant love story, powerful drama and razor-sharp comedy, partly based on co-writer Paul Powell's personal experiences of MS.

Young Soul Rebels
(1991)The Queen's Silver Jubilee beats to the sounds of Funkadelic, Sylvester and the O'Jays in Isaac Julien’s feature debut.
Chimerica
Based on Lucy Kirkwood's Olivier Award-winning stage play of the same name, `Chimerica' follows Lee Berger, played by `American Hustle"s Alessandro Nivola, an American photojournalist who became famous from a photo he took on Tiananmen Square in 1989 of the "Tank Man", who was seen standing and holding shopping bags as he faced down a line of Chinese tanks. Years later, against the backdrop of the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, Lee's professional integrity is called into question after he's accused creating fake news by manipulating photographs. Hoping to restore his credibility, Lee sets out to find Tank Man, whom Lee is convinced is alive and living in New York City.

After Earth
(2013)A thousand years after humans have left Earth, a general and his teen son crash on the now-deadly planet - the father is injured, and the young man embarks on a dangerous mission to find

Raymond & Ray
(2022)Half brothers Raymond and Ray reunite when their estranged father dies—and discover that his final wish was for them to dig his grave. Together, they process who they’ve become as men, both because of their father and in spite of him.

Janet Planet
(2024)A young girl spends the summer enthralled by her extremely detailed inner world and her mother.

Heart of Stone
(2023)To her elite MI6 team, Rachel Stone's a rookie. They don't know she's a skilled spy for a rogue agency — and that her dual lives are about to collide.

Æon Flux
(2005)Academy Award®-winner* Charlize Theron stars as Aeon Flux, the underground operative fighting totalitarian rule in 25th-century Earth’s last living city.