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Leonie Wagner talks to the star and director of 'Barakat', SA’s official entry for the 2022 Academy Awards, about the acts of giving that inspired the film
Barakat is a must-see South African film
Stalwart of South African screens Vinette Ebrahim plays Aisha Davids, a widow of two years who is preparing to tell her four sons she wants to remarry. Barakat plays out over the days before Eid-ul-Fitr, also affectionately known as
Labarang in Cape Town. The opening scenes were surreal to me. I have lived in the area Barakat was shot in for most of my later childhood years, and still live here. I sat in awe seeing my childhood park and a famous tikka shop in the frames.
Aisha is apprehensive about the announcement, as her fiance is a non-Muslim man- Dr Albertus “Bertie” Meyer (Leslie Fong). Aisha and Bertie are so plausible as an older couple finding love again with each other; you really do believe their courtship and subsequent engagement.
6 local films that are set for release in 2021
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2020 has been a difficult year for the global film industry, but plenty of films were released on a variety of different platforms and South African audiences responded enthusiastically.
With the new year just around the corner, local film distributor Indigenous Film Distribution, has some real treats lined up for the first half of 2021.
Let’s take a look: This is not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection“
This is not a burial, It’s a Resurrection, starring the late South African screen legend Mary Twala.
It is the first film from Lesotho, made by Mosotho film-maker Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese.