by Russell Southwood (@BalancingActAfr) In this interview, Nyasha Mboti of ReaGile talks about its plans to roll-out 1300 community cinemas across South Africa and describes how its pilot project in Kathelong, which is owned by a local co-operative, works.
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Djo Tunda Wa Munga: An African Tarantino
You would not expect a Congolese movie to be bringing home an MTV movie award, not when there has not been a movie made in the Congo in 25 years and especially not when, until recently there was not a single movie house to show it, reports Colin Macrae.
Oliver Hermanus on critics and Skoonheid’s marketing strategy
In the second part of our interview with Oliver Hermanus, he discusses Skoonheid’s marketing strategy, the critical reaction of the major trades and South African critics, his reasons for making the film and the faults of the local film funding system. By Roger Young
Oliver Hermanus on filming Skoonheid
Oliver Hermanus’ Shirley Adams was an assured debut, his follow up Skoonheid is a far maturer and bleaker work. Skoonheid is an important new work in the South African canon because it starts a process of interrogation that has been lacking in local film for so long. We had a lengthy chat with him at the DIFF about the process of making the film, the state of film as art in South Africa, funding and the perception of Skoonheid as a “gay” film. Here is part one by Roger Young (for Mahala)