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Sol Plaatje was a politician, novelist, historian, musician, translator of Shakespeare into vernacular language, and founder member of what was to become the African National Congress. In 1924, a visionary South African, Sol Plaatje, set out to bring the wonders of cinema to the community. Brandishing a few educational 16mm films under his arm, Plaatje arrives in a dusty, Blacks-only township in the Western Transvaal. He is looking for a venue which can be set up as a bioscope. Things do not seem promising, but Plaatje is first befriended by a helpful young boy. And then, despite prevailing apartheid obstacles, a room is found. The township community is excited and set to be overawed by the new celluloid world about to unfold before them.
Editor
África, 1950. La joven enfermera Elizabeth Armstrong acaba de casarse con Geoff, un granjero africano cuya familia lleva generaciones dedicándose al cultivo de la caña de azúcar. Elizabeth tiene ciertos problemas de adaptación, sobre todo en lo que se refiere a la creencia masiva de la gente en el hechicero local por delante de la medicina moderna que ella representa. Por eso, un día no duda en interrumpir una ceremonia de sacrificio y enfrentarse al hechicero. A partir se ese día conocerá la cara oculta de África. (FILMAFFINITY)
