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Lives apart: A scene from the six-part South African series Soon Comes Night, which follows the story of former freedom fighter Alex Shabane, who has turned to a life of crime, and Sakkie Oosthuizen, the detective charged with hunting him down.
JOEL ASSAIZKY

Soon Comes Night highlights politics and redemption

A pulsating political thriller forces viewers to contemplate the status quo in the country

  • Rolland Simpi Motaung
5 min read
“What rises in Container is the dead. And their memory. And an urgent demand for, as Singh argues, not so much a return to the past, but a reckoning with its repression in the present.” (Photo: Michael Klein)
2017 GLOBAL ESTIMATES OF SLAVERY REPORT

Review: Ghosts that cannot be contained

The short film Container, which straddles virtual reality and fine art installation, provides a visceral re-examination of both historical and late capitalism

  • Niren Tolsi
6 min read