BLACK LIGHT:
FILMS FROM THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
With support from the Independence Community Foundation.
Friday, February 10
7:30 p.m.
TSOTSI
2005, 96 mins., South Africa/United Kingdom. Preview screening courtesy of Miramax Films. Directed by Gavin Hood. With Presley Chweneyagae, Terry Pheto. A breakout hit on the international film circuit, and the winner of the prestigious People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, Tsotsi is a thriller about a ruthless thug who must care for the infant child of a woman he has shot. The film is set in contemporary Johannesburg and pulses with the energy of its “Kwaito” hip-hop soundtrack. According to Variety, “The pic has vital, urban energy similar to the Brazilian crossover hit."
Program Introduction
A Monthly Series Curated by Warrington Hudlin
Black Light presents hard-to-find classics and groundbreaking
new films from the United States, Africa, South America, and the Caribbean.
Like the "black light" device from which the series draws its
name, these films allow us to see dimensions of a people who have not
fared well in the hands of Hollywood film industry, through the eyes of
more insightful and innovative filmmakers.
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