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Four powerful documentary films in The Generation Africa project are being screened at the Encounters South Africa International Documentary Film Festival.

Thoko Shabalala, the wife of the late music icon Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo founder, is excited that a documentary about her husband's life will finally be screened.

The 24th edition of the Encounters South African International Documentary Festival is making an in-person return.

10/05/2022 - Shameela Seedat follows a group of aspiring lawyers competing at the annual African Human Rights Moot Court Competition

weekly newspaper. Film industry experts say there are various elements that need to come together to get a South African film on to the global stage: it needs to be noticed and get good press; it needs to be widely distributed; and – most importantly – it needs to “strike a nerve” in both local and international audiences. My Octopus Teacher, the acclaimed Netflix documentary, became the first South African film to win an Academy Award for best documentary feature this week. The 90-min...