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Mapantsula

"Mapantsula," by Oliver Schmitz / South Africa / 1988 / 104mins / Drama / Sotho, Zulu, English and Afrikaans

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Free

Thu, Jan 25

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

The Africa Center
1280 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10029
United States

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Join us for a "Film @ The Africa Center" screening of recently-restored Mapantsula, preceded by the short film Afro-Algorithms.

About the Film

Mapantsula was the first anti-apartheid feature film by, for and about black South Africans. Filmed inside Soweto, scored to the urban beat of "Township Jive," it has been called a South African The Harder They Come. Mapantsula tells the story of Panic, a petty gangster who inevitably becomes caught up in the growing anti-apartheid struggle and has to choose between individual gain and a united stand against the system. This film will give viewers an insider's tour of township life and a foretaste of the vibrant popular cinema promised by the new, democratic South Africa.
About Oliver Schmitz