CLOSING CAFF
SOUTH AFRICA AT 20: THE FREEDOM TOUR
HEAR ME MOVE + Q&A with director
Director: Scottnes L. Smith
Country: South Africa
Year: 2014
Duration: 108′
Fiction film
Venue: Arts Picturehouse
Time: Flexible
Tickets: Cambridge Arts Picturehouse
Born and raised in Johannesburg, Muzi is an accounting student, but he is the son of a legendary township dancer of ‘pantsula’ (one of the most popular urban street style dances) and a prodigy dancer himself. Muzi struggles to keep a promise he made to his mother to never dance again, after his father was murdered at a street party 12 years ago. When his father’s former dance partner, Shoes, approaches Muzi to join his crew, Muzi has to choose between finding out the truth about his father’s death or disappointing his mother. What he doesn’t realise is that by joining “Sbujwa Nation”, he will make himself a mortal enemy of Prince, the former leader of “Sbujwa Nation” and head of rival dance crew that’s taking the city by storm.
Following the screening, director Scottnes L. Smith and choreographer Paul Modjajdi will join us for a Q&A and later there will be a live performance by South African singer Joyce Moholoagae. The event is part of ‘South Africa at 20: The Freedom Tour’.
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnbQclAnbgU
