Afro Noir Bioscopes Vol.1

By Afrikaa Noir

Thu Sep 26, 19:00 - Sat Sep 28, 23:00

TBC

ABOUT

Come wet your eye's palate and enjoy our selection of old and new (South) African films.


Hosted at a space in Maboneng (Venue TBC)


Programme:


26 September Films:




  1. Ingqumbo Yeminyanya (1991) - Written by Archibald Campbell Jordan to transfer ideas and aspects of culture from isiXhosa into English in Ingqumbo Yeminyanya. Ingqumbo Yeminyanya is a classic novel in isiXhosa which was published in 1940 by Lovedale Press. It was translated into English by the author with the help of his wife, Priscilla Phyllis Jordan, and was published as The Wrath of the Ancestors in 1980.
  2. Unyana Womntu (1998) - TV drama based upon a novel by the same title.



27 September Films:




  1. Kwakhala Nyonini - One of the best Zulu drama’s shown on SABC.
  2. Ityala lamawele - (‘The Lawsuit of the Twins’) is the first extant novel in the Xhosa language. It was written by Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi (1875–1945) and published in 1914, by the Lovedale Press. Since that time it has been a significant influence on isiXhosa literature.


28 September Films:




  1. Aba Kwazidenge - Xhosa Drama
  2. Linempoxo ke Isiko - Xhosa Drama



Space limited to 50 people. Tickets R50, at the door, R70.


To reserve your tickets, please email: [email protected] by September 20th.