Thu March 12, 2015
A Letter to Nelson Mandela (Khalo Matabane; South Africa/Germany, 2013)
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In Person / Khalo Matabane
Introduction / Gillian Hart
Gillian Hart is professor of geography and co-chair of development studies at UC Berkeley; her most recent book is Rethinking the South African Crisis: Nationalism, Populism, Hegemony
Nelson Mandela’s message of freedom, forgiveness, and reconciliation still inspires people worldwide. Yet for South African filmmaker Khalo Matabane, Mandela’s legacy is far more ambivalent. As someone who came to adulthood after independence, Matabane sees a contemporary South Africa that is still profoundly divided and unequal. Using the conceit of an imaginary letter to Mandela, this deeply personal work questions the price of Mandela’s brokered reconciliation. Matabane’s cinematic diary includes interviews with the Dalai Lama, Henry Kissinger, Colin Powell, Pumla Gqola, Albie Sachs, and Ariel Dorfman, as the filmmaker asks: How should we interpret Mandela’s legacy today?
• Photographed by Giulo Biccari, Mike Downie, Nicolaas Hofmeyr. (85 mins, Color, DCP, From Born Free Media)
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Introduction / Gillian Hart
Gillian Hart is professor of geography and co-chair of development studies at UC Berkeley; her most recent book is Rethinking the South African Crisis: Nationalism, Populism, Hegemony
Nelson Mandela’s message of freedom, forgiveness, and reconciliation still inspires people worldwide. Yet for South African filmmaker Khalo Matabane, Mandela’s legacy is far more ambivalent. As someone who came to adulthood after independence, Matabane sees a contemporary South Africa that is still profoundly divided and unequal. Using the conceit of an imaginary letter to Mandela, this deeply personal work questions the price of Mandela’s brokered reconciliation. Matabane’s cinematic diary includes interviews with the Dalai Lama, Henry Kissinger, Colin Powell, Pumla Gqola, Albie Sachs, and Ariel Dorfman, as the filmmaker asks: How should we interpret Mandela’s legacy today?
• Photographed by Giulo Biccari, Mike Downie, Nicolaas Hofmeyr. (85 mins, Color, DCP, From Born Free Media)
In Person / Khalo Matabane
Introduction / Gillian Hart
Gillian Hart is professor of geography and co-chair of development studies at UC Berkeley; her most recent book is Rethinking the South African Crisis: Nationalism, Populism, Hegemony
Nelson Mandela’s message of freedom, forgiveness, and reconciliation still inspires people worldwide. Yet for South African filmmaker Khalo Matabane, Mandela’s legacy is far more ambivalent. As someone who came to adulthood after independence, Matabane sees a contemporary South Africa that is still profoundly divided and unequal. Using the conceit of an imaginary letter to Mandela, this deeply personal work questions the price of Mandela’s brokered reconciliation. Matabane’s cinematic diary includes interviews with the Dalai Lama, Henry Kissinger, Colin Powell, Pumla Gqola, Albie Sachs, and Ariel Dorfman, as the filmmaker asks: How should we interpret Mandela’s legacy today?
• Photographed by Giulo Biccari, Mike Downie, Nicolaas Hofmeyr. (85 mins, Color, DCP, From Born Free Media)
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Introduction / Gillian Hart
Gillian Hart is professor of geography and co-chair of development studies at UC Berkeley; her most recent book is Rethinking the South African Crisis: Nationalism, Populism, Hegemony
Nelson Mandela’s message of freedom, forgiveness, and reconciliation still inspires people worldwide. Yet for South African filmmaker Khalo Matabane, Mandela’s legacy is far more ambivalent. As someone who came to adulthood after independence, Matabane sees a contemporary South Africa that is still profoundly divided and unequal. Using the conceit of an imaginary letter to Mandela, this deeply personal work questions the price of Mandela’s brokered reconciliation. Matabane’s cinematic diary includes interviews with the Dalai Lama, Henry Kissinger, Colin Powell, Pumla Gqola, Albie Sachs, and Ariel Dorfman, as the filmmaker asks: How should we interpret Mandela’s legacy today?
• Photographed by Giulo Biccari, Mike Downie, Nicolaas Hofmeyr. (85 mins, Color, DCP, From Born Free Media)
show less
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