Plett Arts Festival presents Plett Food & Film - A Night of Kalahari Enchantment
Thu Oct 6, 18:00 - Thu Oct 6, 21:00
The White House
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PLETT FOOD & FILM. A NIGHT OF KALAHARI ENCHANTMENT
The White House
DATE: Thursday 6 October 2022 | TIME: 5.30 for 6 pm – 9 pm
Plett Food & Film is back with a documentary made by brothers Craig Foster (of My Octopus Teacher) and Damon Foster. The film was made in 2000, a profound and beautiful documentation of the spiritual synergy and symbiosis of natural beings, as lived out by the San in the Kalahari. It’s called The Great Dance, a Hunter’s Story, and the Amazon page reads: “Through the eyes of a San Bushman hunter who lives in the Kalahari Desert, perceive a world invisible to outsiders, a world where every footprint, every raindrop, and every broken branch tells a story.”
Our cooks, performers and magic makers this year are the Nguni girls who conjure a simply delicious meal inspired by the Kalahari and flavoured with wild edibles; Dizu Plaatjies – of Amampondo fame, an exceptional instrumentalist on Kora and traditional percussion and string instruments; Was Lemeul reading evocative /Xam poetry of Dia!kwain, Kweiten-ta-//ken, /A!kunta,, /Hanzkass’o and //Kabbo, adapted by Antjie Krog; and Vanessa Brewer who leads a guided tasting of urban-foraged edible roots, leaves and unexpected delectables. And of course the film around which the night of Kalahari enchantment spins, The Great Dance.