More power – documentaries for Africa!
This May, 2017, AfriDocs presents potent documentaries from Africa that shed light on extraordinary people and events from across the continent. These film journeys enlighten and inspire with stories of creativity, hope and resilience in the face of often desperate situations.
Femi Kuti’s music and passion is explored in detail in Day by Day, while the story of Boy Dallas, a slum-dweller who becomes a radio personality, journalist and self-made cameraman is depicted in For Kibera.
Africa Shafted and the multi-award winning Miners Shot Down tell two very different stories from South Africa. The first is a tragic, and yet hopeful story of life in downtown Johannesburg, whilst Rehad Desai’s Miners Shot Down tells the disturbing truth about the 34 miners killed by police in Marikana.
4 May
Day by Day – Femi Kuti | Thomas Bataille | Nigeria | 50 min | 2010
A journey into the heart of making music. As the film follows the development of a track from Femi Kuti’s latest album, it sets out to explain the artistic decisions.
These choices are inseparable from Femi’s involvement in the political situation in his home country, Nigeria.
Vision du reel, Nyon, Switzerland, 2011
11 May
Africa Shafted | Ingrid Martens | South Africa | 2011 | 56 min
Africa Shafted was filmed in Africa’s tallest residential building located in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, that houses more than 4000 people. The film depicts an honest glimpse at the tragic reality of xenophobia through the eyes of people from every corner of Africa living under one roof. It also conveys a powerful message that through dialogue and understanding, respect can start to take root.
2012 Winner Most Original Treatment Jury Award Cinema Planeta Film Festival Mexico
18 May
For Kibera | Kati Juurus | Kenya | 2015 | 60 min
The story a slum-dweller who becomes a radio personality, journalist and self-made cameraman: Boy Dallas of Kibera. The film looks for answers to the complicated question, why is it so hard to beat poverty? We learn the tough rules of slum life with Dallas as our guide. He notes the large amount of aid projects in his slum, Kibera, and starts learning about the complicated mechanisms of aid. His learning process also becomes a learning process for his listeners.
International Documentary Festival Amsterdam 2015
25 May
Miners Shot Down | Rehad Desai | SA | 2013 | 85 min
In August 2012, mineworkers in one of South Africa’s biggest platinum mines began a wildcat strike for better wages. Six days later the police used live ammunition to brutally suppress the strike, killing 34 and injuring many more. International Emmy Award for Best Documentary, 2015
What: AfriDocs
When: Every Thursday 9am/9pm (CAT on BET Africa, Dstv Channel 129, 2017
Info: www.afridocs.net, www.facebook.com/AfriDocs,@afri_docs
View May trailers: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMPF_KwtkjkUqLMjYg5xzaA
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