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Wanuri Kahiu, the Kenyan film director taking on the world

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In ‘Rafiki’, director Wanuri Kahiu tells positive stories about queer, black lives. Her success has landed her new film projects in the United States
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What’s the future for cinema?

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Industry experts say movie theatres will survive the effects of the lockdown only if more of them start providing an experience viewers can’t replicate at home
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Review: The eternal splendour of ‘Lovers Rock’

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Steve McQueen’s ‘Lovers Rock’, part of the ‘Small Axe’ anthology, is an ethereal interlude that takes us inside the blues party bubble
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Khulekani Mayisa: Poetry in the polemic

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Khulekani Mayisa’s new film, Power to the Purple, is an intensely personal collaborative project
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Don’t Miss: Our weekly round-up of virtual and in-person events

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From art exhibitions to film festivals, we’ve got your entertainment covered this weekend to the next
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Don’t Miss: Our weekly round-up of virtual and in-person events

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From the virtual Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival to live theatre back on stage at the Baxter in Cape Town, we’ve got you covered
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Review: Cohen’s fire lacks fuel in ‘Borat’ sequel

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The film interrogates patriarchy, but the baseness of the US means there’s nothing left to send up
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Review: The land is not to be outdone in ‘Dust’

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Pieter du Plessis’s post-apocalyptic film throws up some interesting questions, but it also needs to work a little harder
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Review: ‘Vukazithathe’, a portrait of the maskandi artist as a mentor and friend

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Nthato Mokgata’s documentary ‘Vukazithate’, showing online at the National Arts Festival, tells an intimate story of his mentor and maskandi legend, Bhekisenzo “Vukazithathe” Cele
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Review: ‘Swan Song’, a brutally vulnerable performance

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Buhle Ngaba’s ‘Swan Song’, showing online at the virtual National Arts Festival, explores the rawness of heartbreak, and of life
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The long journey of Elsa Joubert

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The acclaimed and prolific South African author, whose 1978 book The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena confronted the hardships of apartheid, has died
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Queen Sono moers the dudes

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The spy drama with its kick-ass heroine Queen Sono shows the continent in a new light
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The Portfolio: Gilli Apter

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South African comedian, writer and director Gilli Apter speaks about how hilarious content requires constant writing and feedback from the comedy community
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Slice of life: Dumped: Popcorn, sex and gold

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A look at what was once a landmark on Johannesburg’s horizon and central part of the Egoli story
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Joker, the far right and popular culture

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Why did the movie become a new cultural touchstone for the alt-right?
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Molefe blames Ramaphosa for Eskom’s woes in statement to Zondo commission

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