The song "Pause" from Almanac was the theme tune for a major 2011 BBC2 drama serial, The Shadow Line, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Christopher Eccleston.
His book about his experiences was published in 1853, adapted in 1984 as a PBS TV movie directed by Gordon Parks and again in 2013 as a feature-length film directed by Steve McQueen starring Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Her 2000 work, Red Dust, a courtroom drama that explores the meanings and effects of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, was made into a film released in 2004, directed by Tom Hooper and starring Hilary Swank, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Jamie Bartlett.