OBZfestival 2007 Line up
Thanks to all the film producers and directors for permission to screen their films!
Sunday 2nd December 2007
Lost Prophets |
Dir: Dylan Valley, Sean Drummond
This local retro-documentary investigates what has become of Prophets of da City (POC), the Cape Town hip-hop group that burst onto the scene in 1989 during the final putsch for democracy. It features an incendiary soundtrack. |
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Amabele Am |
Dir: Premilla Murcott
Just what does shape, size and the presence or absence of breasts have to do with how women feel about their bodies and their self-worth? This film follows Nolitha as she grapples with complex feelings around having small, so-called ‘pear-shaped’ breasts. |
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Voelvry |
Dir: Liz Fish
Jannie Adams has spent 32 Christmases in jail. His criminal life started at the age of 15 when he joined the Fancy Boys Gang in Mannenberg. Calling himself the ‘good looking boy with the bad ideas’, the anger and vengefulness he felt from years of neglect and a lack of love, confirmed when not one member of his family came to see him during his first sentence, has seen him serving six.
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Jo'burg Rising |
Dir: Lindiwe Nkutha
Set against the vibrant cityscape of Johannesburg, this portrait explores the lives of two men, namely a street vendor and parking attendant. Celebrating their tenacity of heart, the documentary showcases each character’s world and examines the ways in which they mould the city and are, in turn, moulded by it. |
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BEEing Me |
Dir: Tebogo Ngoma
Tired, angry and feeling debilitated by the social pressure, Tebogo, a young artist and filmmaker, has set off in search of the African dream. Is South Africa really free? Are women really able to be exactly who they wish? Asking these and other pertinent questions, Tebogo embarks on a mission to find out if black women can make sense of, and reconcile, their everyday experience with the aspirations that are portrayed in the media. Focusing the camera on three young black women, her peers, she questions what she believes are the empty, incessant ramblings of the media, marketers and politicians. She explores the shouts of abundance, power and success and ponders if she will ever be able to hear her own voice among in their resounding echoes.
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