An anthropology student gets a culture shock when she needs to do an assignment on the LGBTQIA+ community. While she is working on her assignment, Sebabatso makes alliances in the LGBTQIA+ community on campus and she becomes involved in campus politics. During a campus protest caused by the student dean’s actions, she discovers that there are individuals who belong to both the LGBTQIA+ and disabled communities.
Category: Performing Arts
Porselynnkas Dokiementêr
Long before Jack Parow and Fokofpolisiekar, Porselynnkas was a poetic and more theatrical equivalent to the Voëlvry movement. Banned by local radio stations, loathed by the church, and considered out-of-bounds, Porselynnkas, nevertheless executed 34 poetry happenings, distributed 21 poetry volumes, made music, broadcasted a radio drama and caused anarchy in theatre between 1996 and 1999. In the mid 1990s Afrikaans theatre needed a black sheep – and found it in the form of Porselynnkas, one of the first performance poetry groups in the country.
The Intervention
Charlotte moved to Hong Kong for a new start. After a year working at a school and with the pressure of Covid-19, her partying lifestyle is taking its toll. Charlotte’s colleagues from work, with the help of guru Josh Zhen, decides to intervene in her life via a zoom call.
Viva Dada!
“We are going to make a documentary about a missing book, what could be more simple?” What starts as a simple challenge leads to a struggle with creativity, depression and trying not to kill oneself. Almost ten years after making the documentary Porsellynkas, writer Sjaka Septembir and film maker Matthew Kalil set off on a journey to find a book that Sjaka wrote in the 90s. But there are no copies to be found anywhere. Their quest takes them back to both their childhood homes and a history that might be best left forgotten.
Sehlabelo
A queen, desperate to save her marriage; mistakenly dances with the devil. Stuck in limbo, she frantically needs to find peace for herself and her daughter who is paying the price. This show is a beautiful, visually stimulating work featuring seven of the best artists from the Free State, all with unique talents to offer.
Hoe klink ONS
A poetical, visual and symphonic conversation between four artists and two cities: Cape Town and Zwolle.
October 2020 – during the Corona crisis – the artist duo BrotherTill and film maker Jonathan Sipkema from The Netherlands worked together with South African word artist Jitsvinger and film maker Lindsey Appolis on a unique project. In this film project they looked for new ways to get to know each other via digital channels. Their work stemmed from the idea: listening is looking, and looking is listening. “How does the streaming water sound on your side? Which song do the birds sing in the evening? Which sound sits under your skin?” In the 72-hour-long film project, four artists came to know each other through the words they put to the sounds of their homes and the poetry of the city they imagined.
The film project falls within the international collaboration project ONS Perspektief.
EX HUMAN
co-created by Louise Westerhout and Roxanne de Freitas
@louisewesterhout @roxannedefreitas_
In a posthumanist landscape two femme survivors of the Patriarchal Apocalypse attempt to find the cure for gender-based violence. Their experimental research methodology takes us to the edge of known scientific paradigms. But will their work assure a future of immunity from violence, or will they be sabotaged by the infectious threat of PTSD?
Trigger warning: descriptions of sexual assault. No trauma porn though…
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Cleanse
A visually captivating exploration of the relationship between a woman and the element water. Her love-hate relationship with this element is explored as her journey unfolds. Directed by award-winning director Patrick T. Peni (currently the editor at Ferguson Films), this project makes use of the spoken word, visuals, sound, and imagery. It will leave the audience begging for more.
Blomme vir Jupiter
Valie, a somewhat grumpy clown, is tired of fumbling through life alone. Loneliness appears to have become his middle name. One strange day he decides to catch the bus to the End Of The Earth, but Fate has other plans in store for him. He meets Mollie, a youthful clown, and together they discover the impossible — Jupiter has fallen to earth!
Barulho D’água (Noise in the Water)
Barulho D’água (Noise in the Water) not only tells the tragedy of thousands of refugees who mostly died crossing the Mediterranean Sea: The few who succeeded in crossing are identified by numbers, such as the shy Tunisian immigrant who struggles to raise her eyes when narrating the drama she and others endured at the fury of the sea. The author stays true to the essential characteristics of what he heard and saw in Mazara del Vallo at the Seat of San Vito Onlus, an Italian town that stretches towards the African coast.
BETEWU
BETEWU was created as a reflective theatre work after thorough research into circumstances caused by Covid-19. BETEWU explores artistic men’s mental health: What do men who write, direct, and act go through in their off-stage lives? “Monna ke Nku ha lle” is ancient wisdom. It encourages men to cry, however, in society’s eyes that’s not manly, “ha re tlo lla le basadi”. No longer able to vent themselves in the centre of the kraal, men seem to be at a loss, and now more than ever, quote the ancient saying “Qcina ndoda … monna ha lle o nka qeto. Ho lla ha ho thuse.”
Aku vang ‘n ster
A tense drama situated in the rural area of the Northern Cape. The moon is Aku’s mother, the stars his light, and the diamond he picks up a gift from the moon. Adrienne Sichel in the Star: “… a bravura play by Luwes who has proven that he can write with the vision and soul of a poet – a rare gist in any language. A strong sense of a rich, unique, form of expression in the tradition of Irish dramatist James Millington Syngy’s whimsical, poetic colloquialism – in Afrikaans.
Eclectic Spoken Wordsmiths
This documentary profiles three young, talented, and diverse poets, who have showcased their work in Bloemfontein over the past few years. It not only aims to highlight their journey within the creative sector while featuring some of their amazing work, but also to inspire upcoming poets and give the audience a glimpse into how they have persevered so far. Be prepared to be captivated, while discovering the golden thread that runs through their journey within our dynamic creative community.