Drama

All Episodes of Ekhaya: A Family Chronicle

Browse all episodes of Ekhaya: A Family Chronicle

A Black South African lives in Toronto with his Canadian wife in 1989. His fears of being stalked by South African secret police, force him to reflect back on his life growing up under apartheid.

Airs on
CBC TelevisionSABC 1
BestEpisodes
WorstEpisodes
BestSeasons
AllEpisodes
Select Season:

Season 1

  • State of Mind
    N/A/100 votes

    State of Mind

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/23/1997

    Afraid that South African authorities still want him, Darryl begins recalling his politically oppressive childhood in his former home.

    Director: Clarence Hamilton

    Writer: Unknown

  • Beauties at the Patmore Deluxe
    N/A/100 votes

    Beauties at the Patmore Deluxe

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/30/1997

    Darryl's mind is flooded with boyhood memories of fighting at school, his love of a white girl and the arrests of Boytjie and Russell on charges of murder.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Visitors and the Wedding
    N/A/100 votes

    The Visitors and the Wedding

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/6/1997

    After a run-in with David, Darryl recalls his brother's clandestine political activities in Soweto and Boytjie facing formal charges of murder.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Them Charges
    N/A/100 votes

    Them Charges

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/13/1997

    Darryl's publisher plans to add text to his book that the author finds unacceptable.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • A Black and White Christmas
    N/A/100 votes

    A Black and White Christmas

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/20/1997

    When Darryl fears that a man he sees talking to Lerato has been following him, he remembers a man he saw knifed in South Africa and Boytjie's murder trial.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Who Was Jan Van Riebeeck?
    N/A/100 votes

    Who Was Jan Van Riebeeck?

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/27/1997

    Despite David's insistence, Darryl is reluctant to join the Canadian anti-apartheid movement; Darryl recalls his days in boarding school.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Blacks and Play-Whites in the Suburbs
    N/A/100 votes

    Blacks and Play-Whites in the Suburbs

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/6/1997

    Rosa worries about Darryl's obsession with the man following him; Darryl remembers Veronica's decision to pass as white and live in the suburbs.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Dead Mothers and Garden Boys
    N/A/100 votes

    Dead Mothers and Garden Boys

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/13/1997

    Darryl considers speaking at a protest at the South African consulate, which prompts him to remember how easy it is to become an enemy of the state.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Liberals, Radicals and Death
    N/A/100 votes

    Liberals, Radicals and Death

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/20/1997

    With suspicions that Sipho is in trouble in South Africa, Darryl remembers the government seizing his grandmother's house and David being wounded in the army.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Fountain of Pain
    N/A/100 votes

    The Fountain of Pain

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/27/1997

    Darryl recalls the effects his political activities had on his late father when he receives a call from his mother still living in his native South Africa.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • First Love, Then War
    N/A/100 votes

    First Love, Then War

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/3/1997

    Darryl debates whether to return to South Africa when his safety cannot be guaranteed.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • First Love, Then War
    N/A/100 votes

    First Love, Then War

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/10/1997

    While returning to South Africa for his father's funeral, Darryl remembers how he was smuggled out of the country.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • To Die For
    N/A/100 votes

    To Die For

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/10/1997

    Special Branch agents confront Darryl when he arrives in South Africa; David admits to his clandestine work for the government.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown