Same DIFF ?
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As with our last #MOVIE_NIGHT post, we need to start with the bad news. 1. The #Durban_International_Film_Festival (or DIFF), one of the most important #Film festivals on the African continent, has been through some turmoil lately. With only a couple months to go to DIFF, the festival manager Sarah Dawson as […]
#Africa_is_a_Country_Films #Africa's_Premiere_League #Cameroon #Disney #Lupita_Nyong'o #South_Africa #Tunisia #Uganda
What are the politics of the briefly banned #FILM “#Of_Good_Report”?
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When I was at the #Durban_International_Film_Festival (DIFF) last month, I was perusing the program, and for one reason or another, Jahmil X. T. Qubeka’s feature “Of Good Report“ caught my eye. Perhaps I was pleased to see an isiXhosa-language film so heavily promoted, but my friend shot down my selection. “Seriously?” she asked. […]
What’s the politics of the briefly banned #FILM, “Of Good Report”?
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When I was at the #Durban_International_Film_Festival (DIFF) last month, I was perusing the program, and for one reason or another, Jahmil X. T. Qubeka’s feature “Of Good Report“ caught my eye. Perhaps I was pleased to see an isiXhosa-language film so heavily promoted, but my friend shot down my selection. “Seriously?” she asked. […]
This #FILM Has Been Banned
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Following what transpired at the opening night of the 2013 #Durban_International_Film_Festival (DIFF), director #Jahmil_X.T._Qubeka’s “#Of_Good_Report” will go down in history as one of the most spectacular opening night films seen by almost no one. After the obligatory opening night speeches–many of them evoking Nelson Mandela on his birthday, the pre-1994 [...]
#censorship #Film_and_Publications_Board #Jonathan_Kovel #South_Africa
#FILM banned on opening night of #Durban_International_Film_Festival
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After sitting through a series of speeches by distinguished guests at my first Durban International Film Festival I was shocked, just as most of the audience was, when Festival Director Peter Machen introduced the opening film, ‘#Of_Good_Report’ by #Jahmil_XT_Qubeka, to loud applause only to step off the stage and step back [...]