![]() ![]() And it is the reality of 1,000 years and 1,000,000 pilgrims a year that has virtually stilled the river.Īshes, bodies, effluent, offerings, all kinds of debris litter the waters. Though a day-in-the-life of three people who exist by, with and from, the Ganges River, this film is really the story of the river of the past 1,000 years. This film is as much Dominique’s story as Sandy’s, telling the tale of a dedicated animal lover who rose from poverty to become a pivotal player in the Chimfunshi story. ![]() Sandy’s distrust of other chimps, due to an incident with a crocodile, means he is housed seperately and the film documents his move to a bigger, sun-filled enclosure. Shot on location at the Chimfunshi chimp and wildlife sanctuary in northern Zambia, on the Congo border, this is the tale of Sandy, a powerful, troubled chimpanzee and his care giver and friend, Dominique Chinyama. Healing Power of Nature (World Premieres) Wilson is a guest of the Festival and will attend the Première screening of her film on Sunday, 5 July. Wilson’s film is very personal, capturing Bushell’s sense of fun, family and wit.Īt one point after his second capture he writes home apologising for the hiatus in letters, explaining ‘he had changed his address because he’d left the camp without asking’. ![]() The details are astonishing - papers, clothes, routes were all meticulously planned. Wilson shows his various escapes through a mixture of letters home, recreation and interview, culminating in his heroic plan to liberate 70 men through a tunnel from his Baltic POW camp. Trading ancient Blenhams for Spitfires only two months before going into combat, he was shot down over Dunkirk in 1940, taken prisoner and sent to Dulag Luft. Hermanus born Bushell’s story is told by his niece, Lindy Wilson, based on a file she found, put together by her grandfather.īushell, a dashing character with a ‘fat chuckle,’ left to train as a barrister in London, then joined the RAF as a fighter pilot. One such escapade was celebrated by the 1963 film The Great Escape starring Steve McQueen and Richard Attenborough as Bushell. Roger Bushell was the mastermind of numerous WWII Prisoner of War camp escapes. Little and Producer, Filipa Domingues, will attend the Première screening of their film on Friday, 3 & Thursday, 9 July.įor Which I am Prepared to Die (World Premiere) They were a frustrated generation disillusioned with the lies of the church and state but without a form of expression, and as such the film is a political and personal commentary about those times - not old enough to fully understand the effects of living under Apartheid, not young enough to be entirely ‘new’ South Africans.Ĭultural confusion isn’t the only currency - the groundbreaking retro comic book, B-grade film, Chicago punk rock design of their marketing also features. Told in interview and through original video of their first tour and album, the film focuses on how the Belville band came to be a voice for the dislocated youth straddling the before-and-after of 1994. In-your-face progressive punk rock band Fokofpolisiekar are the subject of Little’s spirited look at both the contemporary Afrikaans music industry and the shifting cultural sands of morphing white Afrikaans culture. Please note: a panel discussion will be held in the cinema after the screening on Sunday, 19 July.įokofpolisiekar “Forgive them for they know not what they do” (World Premiere) Seen through Sipho’s eyes, his investigations into the past and a photographic exhibition of his journey, this is an enthralling, compassionate, respectful and intimate account of the complexities of incorporating traditional spirituality into present day reality. In the film it is revealed that both her grandmother and grandfather ignored theirs - and that it led to years of heartache and trouble. A car accident, which ended his musical career, forced his mother to confront her calling. He was about to crack the big-time as the bass player for the Kwaito firebrand Gurash. Photographer Sipho Futshane’s life was on track. Illuminating is the idea that a nyanga might not want to heed the call to serve the ancestors and that the gift of sight can be a burden as well as a privilege, for the families too. ![]() To be chosen by the ancestors, to become a sangoma, is to receive a gift from the creator and refusal may provoke their anger. Daughter of Spirits Mother of Mine (screens with Soul Train) ![]()
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