We are delighted to announce that poet, filmmaker, host and director of Caramel Film Club, Be Manzini will be in conversation with film curator, impact producer and author, Nadia Denton following the screening.
Shirley Adams
+ discussion with Be Manzini and Nadia Denton
This South African feature and short bear witness to the echoes of post-Apartheid violence through the gazes of two disruptive filmmakers.
We are delighted to announce that poet, filmmaker, host and director of Caramel Film Club, Be Manzini will be in conversation with film curator, impact producer and author, Nadia Denton following the screening.
Oliver Hermanus
A powerful lead performance carries this striking debut. A mother, abandoned by her husband, cares for her disabled son, who was an innocent victim of gang violence. Their life on the outskirts of Cape Town is a daily struggle, navigating the impact of Apartheid, poverty and a lack of agency. Internationally acclaimed, Hermanus’ drama is an unflinching portrayal of courage in contemporary South Africa.
+ Firstborn
Eersgeborene
South Africa 2009. Director Étienne Kallos. 27min. Digital. English subtitles
A gripping indictment of homophobia, set against the brutal backdrop of a South African farm that hides a multitude of family secrets.
Tigritudes is a subjective and chronological anthology of Pan-African cinemas through 128 films from 42 countries, produced between 1956 (Sudan’s independence) and today – this season is a selection from it.
‘A tiger does not proclaim his tigritude, he pounces.’
– Wole Soyinka
Africa and its diaspora are rich in diverse and powerful film cultures, despite the heavy legacy of colonialism on the structuring of their cultural industries and the significant challenges faced by artists in producing cinema on the continent. Yet these cinemas remain largely unknown. Tigritudes offers a broad, accessible and eclectic programme to share the range, inventiveness and vitality of a moving-image culture afflicted by chronic international under-distribution. Across 68 years of production, this season articulates works that have continued to unfold with an unprecedented plurality of styles, themes and languages. The cycle opens up a vast field of reflection, traversing entire swathes of history and narratives, questioning reality and its representations, deconstructing the imaginaries surrounding it: aesthetic, ethical, and political. We are delighted to present in London a selection from this project, which has already screened in France and across the African continent.
Dyana Gaye and Valérie Osouf, filmmakers and season curators
Other films from the Tigritudes cycle can be seen at Tate Modern and The Garden Cinema
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