Film Review in Session: “Miners shot down”

Earlier this week I was fortunate enough to watch a screening of “Miners Shot Down” 2 months before its official cinematic release. The film is directed by Rehad Desai and is considered a documentary in association with Ford Foundation and Uhuru Productions. It helped in regulating the noise of media coherently. The documentary documents the events…

Another Academy Award for South Africa?

Firstly, something bears initial clarification: South African cinema is slow, but gradually developing its cinematic repertoire  from a previously, predominately political-centric one,into more open-ended and globally appealing genres. Obviously, the social commentary is not something easily put aside simply to appease the standardized recipe for Blockbuster hits. However, South Africans have harnessed the unquestionable potency…

Return to classic Bond

William Boyd is a brave soul,but kudos on his confidence in writing a James Bond that defies Hollywood’s iconic figure, returning to Ian Flemming‘s imagined figure. William Boyd was born in Accra,Ghana, but is considered an award-winning British writer. His childhood probably accounts for the subtle insightful contextualizations he makes in his books,laden with the…

The trials of Fandom

I guess for people who spend hours, upon days and weeks working on music and films, perceive fandom as trivial. I guess spending days learning lines, forming  instrumentals to accompany tears that dried out into words, is hard. But what drives your constant need to be the best? What solidifies the standardization of excellence? I…

Africa World Documentary Film Festival 2013

From the 24th July to the 01st of August 2013, the University of the Western Cape had its English department hosting the Africa World Film Festival. Despite the less-than-stellar number of attendees, this event is prestigious and noted as factoring towards the development of world filmmaking and the relaying of information as a part of…