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Come see the bioscope (1994)

ALL 02/04/1994 (en) History 26 Min
  • Release
    02/04/1994
  • Production
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  • Original title
    Come see the bioscope
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
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Overview

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.

  1. Lance Gewer

    Director

  2. Story

  4. Producer



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Come see the bioscope (1994) 26 Min

ALL 02/04/1994 (en)
History
  • Release 02/04/1994
  • Production
  • Original title Come see the bioscope
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Lance Gewer

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Micki Stroucken

    Editor

  4. Producer



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