Contrary to what some filmmakers would like you to believe, life in Africa is not all wilderness, famine, war, disease, and hungry animals. That's why I cringe whenever I hear of projects like director Darrell Roodt's found-footage South Africa-set film, Safari. The tagline for Safari is "This Is Africa." [Insert side-eye Here] As an African himself, who has done film and TV which better represent South African life specifically (Sarafina, Cry, The Beloved Country, Room 9), I'm surprised at Roodt for this one. The main problem I have with this project is that it reinforces a perception that far too many people have of what Africa is-- a tourist attraction full of wild animals...
- 8/22/2013
- by Emmanuel Akitobi
- ShadowAndAct
The short story goes... What happens when an Afrikaans guy and a Zulu girl fall in love and have to navigate their way through the complicated process of lobola? Directed by Henk Pretorius and co-written by Pretorius and Janine Eser, the film is called Fanie Fourie’s Lobola, a contemporary romantic comedy about love and tradition in a rapidly evolving society. It stars newcomer Zethu Dlomo (star of South African TV network SABC1's paranomal investigative series Room 9) as Fanie’s love interest and Eduan van Jaarsveld as Fanie - Fanie being the Afrikaans guy - a white South African. So, yes, it's an interracial...
- 1/24/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
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