Listen to My Song
This lovingly made film explores the South African jazz scene of the 1950s and 1960s. Featuring interviews with some of the leading figures in the jazz scene, the film offers insights into a world that has now faded from view but whose cultural legacy lives on in some of the most vibrantly beautiful music ever to be recorded.
Il Mio Corpo
Il Mio Corpo tells the parallel stories of Oscar, a young working-class Sicilian boy who dreams of escaping the grip of his father, and Stanley, a Nigerian refugee who works as a farmhand in order to survive. Made with remarkable access to its subjects, Il Mio Corpo feels like a finely tuned drama.
Ikhaya or Casa
Exploring the dilemma of a young girl born and raised in South Africa whose parents come from Congo and Angola, and still has no place to call rightfully her home.
Ideologies of Home
A found-footage memoir
I’m Still in Love with Kwaito
This entertaining character-driven documentary follows hip-hop pioneer Enzo Tema on his quest for the resolution of his internal conflict with the fact that he used to be a musician who looked down on this unique genre of music but has since become a massive fan. Enzo takes a retrospective look at the genre and his new-found love thereof
Hutchinson: SHUNTED
This look at the old railway town of Hutchinson and its subsequent almost-complete deterioration and abandonment, as the country’s train system both modernized and diminished, provides a fascinating snapshot of small-town life during the apartheid era and transition to democracy. The result is an extraordinary narrative about the lives of ordinary people in a hollowed-out town.
How to Steal a Country
A journey into how investigative journalists uncovered the alleged corruption scandal surrounding former President Jacob Zuma and the Gupta family.
Help or Hindrance?
Help or Hindrance? The Sullivan Principles in Apartheid South Africa tells the story of why African-American preacher and civil rights activist Reverend Leon Sullivan initiated the Principles a few years after joining the Board of General Motors, how this voluntary code mandating American subsidiaries to create equality in the work place and contribute towards ending apartheid was implemented and how their efforts were received in South Africa and viewed in the US, including the wide-ranging criticism they invoked both sides of the Atlantic
The Red Place
Muofhe explores the psychological circumstances of forgiveness after uncovering new truths about the murder of her uncle in 1998.