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Opening the Encounters documentary festival in South Africa, the film has received international praise.
On at Cape Town Pride, Melanie Chait’s documentary is about her life partner Nancy Diuguid.
Woven throughout the backstories of these characters is the loss of loved ones, lack of resources and the desperation to get out of economic hardship.
Her celebration of black life, black beauty and black humanity through her films and music was subversive.
The 1988 murder of the exiled ANC leader has never been solved – but by raising awareness and targeting core viewers, the film aims to help change that.
Plus, how a new wave of South African romcoms is reimagining Johannesburg. Listen to episode 17 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Spurred by the impetus of the #MeToo movement, South Africa’s is the latest film and TV industry to introduce intimacy protocols to guide how intimate scenes are conceived and executed.
The rise of the black romantic comedy in South Africa dovetailed perfectly with the advent of streaming services - creating a box office phenomenon.
A tide of ‘the feels’ buoyed the underdog documentary to an Oscar win – but the local industry will need to focus on where international gains are most needed.
The artist’s body of work, through its very public focus on queer masculinity, offers alternative ways of thinking about what being a man is.
Micro-budgets, alternative distribution and collaboration have been fast-tracked by the coronavirus crisis.
There aren’t a lot of studies on South Africa’s cultural economy. A new one finds a cluster of creative firms in Cape Town with high levels of innovation.
Set in the army during apartheid, the South African film Moffie is a masterpiece. Oliver Hermanus, a black filmmaker, explores how toxic white masculinity breeds racism and homophobia.
China’s offensive ‘blackface’ skit intended to highlight the positive aspects of China-Africa relations, has done the opposite.
The decision by South Africa’s Film and Publication Board to ban the film Inxeba has been widely criticised.
The journey of South African film has been a tumultuous one, with a disjointed history and an uncertain future.
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Senior lecturer in Screen Production and Film and Television Studies, University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University
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Professor, Communication and Media Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Economics and Researcher at the South African Cultural Observatory, Rhodes University
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Professor - Emerging Technologies (Stem Cells) at The University of Melbourne and Group Leader - Stem Cell Ethics & Policy at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Head of Department of Theatre and Performance and PhD candidate, University of the Witwatersrand
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Assistant Professor, Virginia Murchison Linthicum Scholar in Medical Research Department of Molecular Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center
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Artist in Residency, University of Pretoria
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Lecturer in Screen Production and Film Theory & Practice, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor and Deputy Head of Division at Wits School of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand
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