Come see the bioscope

Come see the bioscope (1994)


  • Genre: History
  • Release Date: 1994-02-04
  • Runtime: 0h 26min
  • Production Country: South Africa
  • Director: Lance Gewer

Summary

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.

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  • Ernest Ndhlovu

    as Sol Plaatje
  • Simanga Nhlapo

    as Mmusi
  • Deborah Ramokagdi

    as Mma Salepo
  • Abdul Sadek

    as Mohammed
Writing Catharina Weinek Screenplay
Sound Kevin Montanari Sound Recordist
Art Leon van der Merwe Art Direction
Directing Lance Gewer Director
Sound Didi Kriel Music
Production Beverley Green Production Manager
Camera Lance Gewer Director of Photography
Production Mark Newman Line Producer
Editing Micki Stroucken Editor
Sound Lloyd Ross Music

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