Film
Come see the bioscope
1994 · 26m · History
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Overview
Sol Plaatje was a politician, novelist, historian, musician, translator of Shakespeare into vernacular language, and founder member of what was to become the African National Congress. In 1924, a visionary South African, Sol Plaatje, set out to bring the wonders of cinema to the community. Brandishing a few educational 16mm films under his arm, Plaatje arrives in a dusty, Blacks-only township in the Western Transvaal. He is looking for a venue which can be set up as a bioscope. Things do not seem promising, but Plaatje is first befriended by a helpful young boy. And then, despite prevailing apartheid obstacles, a room is found. The township community is excited and set to be overawed by the new celluloid world about to unfold before them.
Cast
Crew
- Lance GewerDirector · Director of Photography
- Catharina WeinekScreenplay
- Micki StrouckenEditor
Details
- Release date
- February 4, 1994
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 26m
- Genres
- History
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