GARDEN ROUTE NEWS - South African filmmakers will be adding insight and context to the African film documentaries which will be screened during the annual Plett Festival from 25 June to 9 July.
Three of the best African documentary films will be screened at the Piesang Valley Hall between 4 and 6 July in Plettenberg Bay as part of the annual festival.
Don Edkins (producer of Mama Africa), Justice Albie Sachs (anti-apartheid activist, judge and executive producer of Have you heard from Johannesburg), and Richard Nwamba (African music aficionado) will be present in person.
A documentary film on Miriam Mabeka 'Mama Africa' will feature on 4 July at the festival. Mama Africa the movie paints an unforgettable portrait of Miriam Makeba (1932-2008), the world-famous South African artist and civil rights activist who devoted her life to promoting peace and justice and fighting racism around the planet.
A figurehead of the Black African movement in exile, her music and daily practice incarnated the hopes and fears of Africa through the convulsive 20th century, so that she has come to be considered the voice and mother of the continent.
Don Edkins, producer of Mama Africa and acclaimed South African documentary filmmaker and producer, will be presenting the film.
Gangbé features on 6 July. The movie follows the exuberant Gangbé Brass Band as they set off on a pilgrimage from their homes in Benin to perform with Femi Kuti at The Shrine in Lagos, Nigeria.
Tickets will be available through Plett Tourism's website www.pletttourism.com and Quicket.
For more information about the line-up of events, visit www.pletttourism.com.
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