Film
Matwetwe
Virtual
Films available to stream in the US only
Dir. Kagiso Lediga | 2018, 84min, South Africa
With Sibusiso Khwinana, Kgomotso Lediga, Tebatso Mashishi
It’s New Year’s Eve in Atteridgeville, and Lefa is on the cusp of major change. Accepted into university to study botany, he’s about to leave the ghetto township that has been his home—if only his deadbeat father will come through with his school fees. The easy life is on the horizon, but he and his best friend Paapi, a would-be gangster with albinism, need to first find a way to navigate the difficult life at home. Kagiso Lediga’s humorous coming-of-age adventure incisively captures this particular slice of life and township culture
Writer, director, producer, and celebrated South African stand-up comedian Kagiso Lediga joins filmmaker and educator Dylan Valley in a conversation about Kagiso's film Matwetwe.
Watch now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoPAGiXGD_o
Leadership support for off-site programs provided by:
Leadership support for BAM Access Programs provided by the Jerome L. Greene Foundation
Leadership support for BAM Film provided by the Ford Foundation
Leadership support for BAM Film provided by The Thompson Family Foundation
This inspiring documentary chronicles the journey of Mrs. F., who sets out to unite the women of Makoko, the largest slum on water in Nigeria, by staging a play called Hear Word, based on their true stories.
Set five years after the devastating 2010 earthquake, Guetty Felin's neorealist tale strikes a tone of healing and hope, avoiding the images of the disaster that saturated screens around the world.
A galvanizing new documentary that follows several Black women candidates in Brazil’s 2018 elections, one of the biggest political upheavals the country has ever seen.