Female African directors look to the sun

by | Jan 11, 2011 | January

Maganthrie Pillay, one of South Africa’s female feature film director African women filmmakers are now able to exploit opportunities and share their skills while also breaking down financial barriers. Women of the Sun, a South African-based advocacy group has...

Ten-four, good Buddy

by | Jan 11, 2011 | January

What’s not to love? With the mouth, teeth and voice of South African comedian Chris Forrest, Buddy the Boxer sells the Toyota Corolla. Andy Stead He’s dog-ugly and cracks atrociously corny jokes, but few South Africans fail to smile when they catch a Toyota...

African film lauded at Palm Springs fest

by | Jan 10, 2011 | January

Inexperienced actor Oliver Litondo portraying the true story of Kimani Maruge, a man who enrolled into a Kenyan school in an attempt to learn to read in The First Grader. Africa may be the cradle of civilization, but it has only recently begun to make movies that have...

Skills workshop for screenwriters

by | Jan 6, 2011 | January

With more than 20 local films released in 2010, it has never been a better time to be a screenwriter in South Africa. Aspiring screenwriters can sharpen their storytelling skills at The Writing Studio’s The Write Journey workshop at the Artscape Theatre Centre on...

From apartheid horror to gentle comedy

by | Jan 6, 2011 | January

Rapulana Seiphemo, Jann Turner and Kenneth Nkosi Robyn Dixon of the Los Angeles Times profiles South African filmmaker Jann Turner, whose father died in her arms from an apartheid assassin’s bullet when she was 13 and who now, 33 years later, directs gentle...