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The Documentary Filmmakers Association in collaboration with the Bioscope Independent Cinema invites you to this month’s docLOVE screening of SILENT WITNESS. A short film commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the June 16,1976 SOWETO Student Uprising.
Date: Tue 16 June 2pm.
Venue: The Bioscope Independent Cinema, 44 Stanley Ave, Milpark, Johannesburg
Booking: Purchase a “R20 Cafe Voucher” to reserve your seat for this screening. This will get you R20 off your Bioscope Cafe bill on this day.
About the film:
Silent Witness is a story of SOWETO - dormitory township - established in the shadow of Johannesburg’s consciousness. Out of sight & out of mind - in 1956 Father Trevor Huddleston witnesses families uprooted from Sophia-town relocated to the township that would produce a generation who on 16th June 1976 refuse to remain silent. Not all witnesses speak loud - some bear witness through memory, through photographs, through endurance, or the choice to remain silent and not betray others. Silent Witness is not only about those who were seen – it is also about those who were overlooked, unheard, or forgotten.
Director: Kevin Harris
Duration: 23mins followed by a Q&A.
About docLOVE:
docLOVE hosts free monthly screenings around South Africa, celebrating and promoting the power of documentary film. We bring thought-provoking, relevant and important issues and topics to the fore and create an interactive space for engagement and debate, hosting facilitated discussions after each screening, featuring special guest speakers.
For more about the DFA please visit: https://docfilmsa.com/