Come see the bioscope

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Ernest Ndhlovu

Sol Plaatje

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Simanga Nhlapo

Mmusi

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Deborah Ramokagdi

Mma Salepo

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Abdul Sadek

Mohammed

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

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

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