Folklore Festival 2024 FRINGE JHB: FILMS by SIFISO KHANYILE SCREENING for STUDENTS with DJs
Sat Sep 7, 12:00 - Sat Sep 7, 17:00
NSA Theatre
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Folklore Festival returns in 2024 for its third edition with a rich line up of storytellers as the community comes together again to share in our culture and heritage.
Join the conversation on our creative platform #WeTheFolk for 30 days of Contemplating 30 years of Freedom in 3 Cities on 7 September 2024 at NSA Theatre | Braampark
at the screenings of Documentary Films by the brilliant SIFISO KHANYILE, namely: ‘UPRIZE’, ‘THE RECLAIMERS’ and ‘A NEW COUNTRY’.
In between the screenings, we will be treated to tunes on the decks by Folk Selectors: The Multiskilled MXOLISI MAKHUBO and Creative Genius, VUSI HLATYWAYO.
SIFISO KHANYILE is a Producer/ Director for Anaphora Films. He has bodies of work as writer, archive researcher and has worked as a content producer on SABC shows such as Imagine Afrika, Zooming In on Men, Talk SA and Hatch. After studying, Khanyile directed Spiderman and Romeo (2008), a groundbreaking short documentary about the thrills and dangers of train surfing on the notorious Metro rail Soweto line. The film was screened at numerous local and international festivals and shown on BBC and Sechuan TV (China). Khanyile's first feature documentary directorial credits include the acclaimed Uprize! (2017) and A New Country (2020).