Thank you to all those who virtually watched
SAFF 2020
Community Sponsored Partner
We were pleased to once again partner with the South African Film Festival running virtually from November 1st -12th 2020
Our sponsored film BACK OF THE MOON screened virtually on
Wednesday Nov 4, 7:00pm Nov 6 , 7:00 pm
Director: Angus Gibson
Writers: Libby Dougherty, Angus Gibson
Stars: Richard Lukunku, Moneoa Moshesh
Runtime: 95 minutes
Language: Xhosa, Zulu, (English subtitles)
Country: South Africa
Synopsis
Back of The Moon plays out in a single night in 1958. It’s a tale of gangsters fighting for every advantage – for every drop of power and dignity in the midst of squalor – while not quite hidden in the background the vicious policies of the apartheid state draw ever closer. Badman, leader of a powerful and ruthless gang, lives life on his own terms in the crazy, cosmopolitan, half-demolished ghetto that is Sophiatown. Tomorrow, legions of police will force the residents of Gerty Street out of their homes and truck them to a desolate township miles from the city.
The immensely talented Eve Msomi, a torch-singer on the brink of an international career, is giving her last concert in the local hall – The Back Of The Moon – before she leaves for London. Eve and Badman find each other in what can only be a tragic and short-lived embrace. Badman has decided that he will fight to the death for his home. And on the night of this beautiful and authentic encounter, Badman’s gang senses his vulnerability and turns on them both. The acting is first-rate; the cinematography is superb; the music is enchanting. Back of The Moon is a triumph.
Read our political blog on Buddha-Comparison with the Great Green Wall – See older post https://van4film.org/buddha/
Good Hope (How the youth see South Africa today?) see the interview with Anthony Fabian on you tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nasy6wt6Suk