))
140. Mapantsula (1988) with director Oliver Schmitz
Manage episode 431742412 series 3561023
Content provided by Seventh Row. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Seventh Row or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
Announcement: Our new membership, Reel Ruminators: A Movie-of-the-Month Discussion Club is now open for new members in August! Doors close on August 8 at 11:59 p.m. EST. Once doors close, we won't be opening them again until October.
Find out more and reserve your spot by clicking here.
---
Alex Heeney interviews South African director and co-writer Oliver Schmitz about the 4K restoration of his landmark 1988 film, Mapantsula. Mapantsula was the first movie about the realities of apartheid that was actually made by South Africans in South Africa.
In the press notes for, director Oliver Schmitz writes, “Mapantsula is not just a film, it is an act of defiance. It is guerilla filmmaking and a cameo of some of the best talent from South AFRICA in the 1980’s — and by that, I mean Black talent, that had been held back, had no voice, and could not speak freely. Mapantsula was a taste of freedom at a time of the worst repression in South Africa. It was a loud andclear expletive at the Apartheid Government. It was a film that should not have been made, and yet, it was.”
The film is now in theatres in the US and available to steam on BFI Player in the UK.
>> Subscribe to our FREE newsletter for updates on the best new under-the-radar films and streaming theatre productions
83 episodes
Share
