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Graceland documentary Under African Skies to open Encounters
Diarise 7-24 June 2012 for Africa’s most prestigious documentary festival
• Jon Blair focus – a retrospective of SA’s first Oscar winner
• 2012 Oscar nominees: Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory & Wim Wenders’ Pina
• Director Kevin Macdonald’s must-see portrait of reggae icon Bob Marley
• New SA films by previous Encounters winners Bryan Little, Dylan Valley & Cliff Bestall
Under African Skies will open the 14th Encounters South African International Documentary Festival, which runs from 7-24 June 2012 in Cape Town and Johannesburg.
Directed by Emmy and Peabody winner Joe Berlinger, the documentary tells the inside story of Paul Simon’s trip to South Africa to record Graceland and his return last year to celebrate its 25th anniversary. The bestselling, Grammy-winning album introduced South African music to the world and has been included in numerous Best Album of All Time lists by the likes of Rolling Stone and Time, but the trip was heavily criticized at the time, as it undermined the cultural embargo against Apartheid.
Under African Skies was a favourite at Sundance earlier this year, where The Hollywood Reporter called it “pure bliss.”
Eric Abraham, the Fugard Theatre and The National Arts Festival, in association with Mannie Manim present
Athol Fugard’s - THE BLUE IRIS
In celebration of Athol Fugard’s 80th birthday this year, the Fugard Theatre is proud to announce a 5 week season of The Blue Iris at the Fugard Theatre Studio, following its world premiere at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown. The Blue Iris previews 4 July and opens 7 July 2012 to run for a limited season in Cape Town.
“We should be going into people’s lives, their souls, their ways of life. Everything I have written is an attempt to share secrets with you…” – Athol Fugard
The Cape Consort is proud to announce the launch of its Monteverdi Project with 3 consecutive Sunday evening concerts at the beautiful Fugard Studio with their final performance on 26th February.
The Matrix of the Madrigal takes the listener on a fascinating exploration of Monteverdi's madrigals unveiling an innovative use of animated text projections. Supported by synchronized translations, the Cape Consort‘s beautifully blending voices accompanied by period instruments in the rewarding Fugard Studio’s acoustics will contribute towards an extraordinarly unified sensory experience.
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