Film

Review: Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Biopics are tricky things – done badly, they are either the cinematic equivalent of self-help books, done well they become a story all of their own, which never...

Is Chiwetel Ejiofor just a TV actor?

Ask a stupid question….the answer obviously is no. From his first major break-out as a leading man in Dirty, Pretty Things, in which he plays an illegal immigr...

‘Monsieur Jacques’ takes centre-stage

‘Plot for Peace’, produced by the African Oral History Archive, tells the fascinating and previously untold story of Jean-Yves Ollivier or ‘Monsieur Jacques’,  ...

Ceddo – By Ousmane Sembene

In Senegalese director Ousmane Sembène's Ceddo (1977), a village king embraces Islam and, with the support of a cruel imam, tries to force all his subjects to c...

“The Price of Things”

“The Price of Things” Last night, after leaving the festival site, called the June 12th Cultural Centre, I took a motorbike taxi home; in the first instance, th...

Future Sounds of Mzansi – Film Screening

Future Sounds of Mzansi dir. Nthato Mokgata & Lebogang Rasethaba, South Africa 2014, 1h38m Co-directed by performance artist and producer Spoek Matham...