Title: Hear me Move
Date: 1 July 2022
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Venue: Javett-UP, 23 Lynnwood Rd, Pretoria
Costs: Free Entrance
What is the First Friday Film Club
Hear Me Move (2015) is one of Africa’s first dance films. Set
in urban Jozi Hear Me Move features "Sbujwa" and
"pantsula" dance sequences choreographed by Paul Modjadji to some of
the hottest local music.
The film follows
the story of Muzi, born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is the son of a famous street
dancer and is in pursuit of finding the truth about his father's death. He
teams up with his father's dance partner "Shoes", who encourages him
to take heed of his dance talent. He struggles to keep his promise to his
mother of not dancing again following his father's death.
Written and
produced by Tshwane-based screenwriter Fidel Namisi, a founding member of the
Tshwane Filmmakers Collective. Namisi was born in Nairobi, Kenya and has lived and
worked in South Africa for the last 18 years.
He has been thrice nominated for the South African Writers Guild Award,
and won it twice (in 2013 and 2014). He has also won the Kalasha Award for Best
Original Screenplay (2015). He has written and produced numerous movies, as
well as created the drama series Remix (Mzansi Magic), Guilt
(SABC 2), Thula's Vine (SABC 3) and iKani (SABC1). As a writer, he has worked on Soul Buddyz:
Series 3 (2006), A Place Called Home (SABC 1, 2007), Rhythm City
(eTV, 2009) and Zone 14 (SABC 1, 2010), Thula’s Vine (SABC3, 2016
) and Guilt (SABC2, 2017), Isibaya (Mzansi Magic, 2019), The
Omen (Mzansi Magic, 2020) and Judas Kiss (SABC1, 2020) and Muvhango
(SABC2, 2020-2022).
Namisi will be joining us for the screening and answering questions about the film, and giving a behind the scenes glimpse of life as a writer and producer. This screening is made possible by NIHSS.