“South Africa from a Black perspective… it’s about time.” – Spike Lee
On 16th May at Metal, Edge Hill Station they’re screening Mapantsula to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Freedom Day, which commemorates the first post-apartheid elections to take place in South Africa in 1994.
Released in 1988 and created while evading the censorship of the authorities whose brutal and sinister activities the film set out to expose, Mapantsula is a gripping drama and an almost miraculous opportunity to understand South Africa from within during its struggle for freedom.
A great crime film and a real slice of life, Mapantsula tells the story of Panic: a small-time hood who believes he sees all the angles. But he is soon in the web of the authorities, pushed to betray the revolutionaries fighting for change.
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Get your ticket today and join them – there will be refreshments, sweet treats and a Q&A with very special guests!