INingizimu Afrika yethula lo nyaka ekulungiseleleni i-Oscar ngefilimu ehamba phambili ngolimi olungelona olweNgisi nge 'Thina Sobabili: The Two Us' by Ernest Nkosi.
Ingabe Kuzoba yifilimu yesi-12 ezomela izwe lase-Afrika, izwe eselizuze imiphumela emihle kuze kube manje, amafilimu amathathu akwazi ukudlulisa ukusika kokuqala, amabili awo athola ukuqokwa kuka-Oscar kwathi eyodwa yagcina iwine lesi sithombe.
Ukuqokwa kokuqala kweza eNingizimu Afrika ngo-2005 ngefilimu ethi 'Izolo' nguDarrell Roodt no ngemuva konyaka wathola owesibili ngo'Tsotsi ' kusuka kuGavin Hood, itheyiphu ogcine ethole owokuqala futhi kuze kube manje kuphela isithombe sezwe.
Impumelelo yokugcina yezwe kulesi sigaba kwaba ngo-2010 lapho 'Impilo, Ngaphezu kwakho Konke' yenza ukusikwa kokuqala ngo-2010, kodwa lokho ekugcineni akuzange kungene kwi-quintet yabaphakanyisiwe kwi-gala ka-2011.
Amazwibela athi 'Thina Sobabili: the Two Us' ahamba kanjena: «Etholakala elokishini lase-Alexandra eNingizimu Afrika, uThulas uzokwenza noma yini ukuvikela udadewabo, uZanele, ngemuva kokubona ukuhlukunyezwa kwakhe esemncane. Ngenxa yalokhu, bobabili babelana ngobudlelwano obunzima kakhulu futhi lapho uZanele ekugcineni ethandana nezintelezi zendoda esikhulile, uThulas uzimisele ukuvikela udadewabo, aqede ubudlelwano babo. Isinqumo esizomkhokhela yonke into futhi sikhombise udadewabo ukuthi umthanda kangakanani.