"Film is incredibly democratic and accessible, it's probably the best option if you actually want to change the world, not just redecorate it." - Banksy
Well I couldn’t believe it. I won the SAFTA in 2015 for Vula Connection and then got nominated again in 2016 for Best Achievement in Documentary Feature Editing for Troopship Tragedy. It was fantastic. …But …
In case you don’t have your lazer eyes in this is what the Newsletter said: I can’t find the link so I have to post it on my own site! Below are interviews with two …
FROM THE CALL SHEET WOMEN MAKING THEIR MARK THROUGH FILM Posted on August 25, 2015 “Everyone has a story to tell – whether that story is personal or is inspired by societal experiences and changes, …
South Africa’s own glittering award ceremonies for film and television enthralled audiences. Two star-studded evenings, on 20 and 22 March saw big names from film and television, celebrities, entertainment industry leaders and prominent officials come …
Black Sun, a documentary about chasing eclipses and science dreams, is a feature-length film that chronicles the lives of two globe-trotting astrophysicists, Dr. Alphonse Sterling and Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi, as they follow the two solar …
The mystery of what happened to businessman Alec Steenkamp lay buried for 8 years in the back yard of a house in Brixton, Johannesburg. On the 19 September 1996 the 43 year old businessman disappeared …
In this series we take a look at the experiences of South Africans from different walks of life who have decided to make China their home. Each episode juxtaposes the perspectives of two different characters …
Ten thousand injured children pass every year through the spartan front room of this Trauma Unit in Cape Town. It is an extraordinary patient load for the relatively small staff of doctors and nurses here, …
South Africa’s Last White President broke ranks with his own people to save his country. Afrikaner FW de Klerk, a wily lawyer, turned South Africa around at the end of the Cold War by releasing …
Man in the Middle is the story of one big opportunity for a South African sportsman to walk into the spotlight during the biggest show on earth. In 2010, the FIFA World Cup was staged …
A two-part biography series on Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the church leader who helped turn world opinion against apartheid South Africa. The series charts Tutu’s earliest memories to the time he became a global name in …
Sentenced with Mandela is the story of anti-apartheid activist Denis Goldberg, the only white revolutionary to be convicted at the 1964 trial in which Nelson Mandela and his comrades were sentenced to life imprisonment in …
Born into poverty in apartheid South Africa, Jacob Zuma defies his destiny, by making the difficult journey to the highest office of his newly liberated country. Zuma is a young Zulu herdboy, with no formal …
To bomb your way to freedom is a difficult decision for the leader of any liberation movement. Countless innocent people could lose their lives. Albert Luthuli was the leader of the African National Congress when …
The Trouble with Truth reveals the power of print in the face of oppression. As the apartheid government clamped down on free political activity and speech, a cheeky, independent-minded weekly newspaper shouted its protests, against …
When Nelson Mandela walked out of prison on the 11th of February 1990, South Africa’s future was dangling by a thread. Civil war seemed imminent in a country that had been divided by decades of …
A news room forged in post-apartheid South Africa braces itself to cover the biggest story of its existence – the death of the father of the nation. The world has been waiting for Nelson Mandela …
The Gautrain rail project was one of the biggest construction jobs in the southern hemisphere in recent years – a hugely ambitious scheme that has put South Africa among leading nations with a state of …
The whole world watched Nelson Mandela walk to freedom on the 11th of February 1990 after twenty seven years in jail. For nearly everyone, it was their first glimpse of the famous political prisoner. Photographs …
