Loving In Between
Folks, I’m telling you, birthing is hard, and dying is mean– so get yourself a little loving in between. (Advice, Langston Hughes) Between birth and death, is the power to love and live. Political rules, religious orders, social norms and cultural taboos control who we love and how we love. The right to love, is […]
Cause of Death
Women’s bodies are always at risk. An autopsy report describes the physical impact on the body that results in death but hides the structural and recurrent violence on women’s bodies that leads to femicide. Through archival film footage, animation and spoken word poetry an experience of structural violence against women is exposed.
When I Grow Up I Want To Be A Black Man
A black man runs through a field. A black man runs on the beach. A black man runs through a city. The black man is always running, he is always chased, he is always running… Running to save his life A black man runs towards freedom.
Impunity
An exclusive safari lodge, the who’s who of South Africa’s new politically connected elite are gathering to celebrate the engagement party of ZANELE MAJOLA, a minister’s daughter, to LIFA MAPUFO, a rising political star. An open truck of delighted tourists; the morning game drive makes a grisly discovery. The mauled remains of Zanele’s ravaged corpse […]
Elelwani
It all begins with a car journey: for Elelwani and Vele, it feels like they’re setting out on the summer holiday of their lives. Elelwani has just completed her studies and is in love with Vele, who is sitting right next to her. They drive through the ever greener countryside into Elelwani’s home village, where […]
09:21:25
In April 2002, South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth launched aboard the Russian Soyuz TM-34 mission for a 9-day, 21-hour, and 25 minute trip into outer space. In gentle, disembodied voiceover, he recounts his experiences of coming to understand Earth afresh by venturing away from it and viewing it from an entirely new perspective. This unusual […]
Bull on the Roof
Another stylistically audacious work from Jyoti Mistry, sailing across disparate narratives and international locations – Johannesburg, Helsinki, Vienna and New York. The result is a kaleidoscopic snapshot of urban spaces and sexual variations – walking through cities, taking ferries, riding trains, going on a picnic and fornicating within and without, but always informed by place […]
Long Street
Long Street is an intimately rendered portrait of the fragile relationship between recovering drug addict Sia and her mother Maria. Sia is thrown out of rehab and has to return to her mother’s home. The two women have long stopped trusting each other, and their relationship has collapsed into a simmering sea of anger and […]