You are invited to free film screenings and discussions with filmmaker Estela Bravo
Cuban-American filmmaker Estela Bravo is presenting her recent film Mandela and Fidel. Estela's 30 award-winning films have spotlighted events throghout Latin America, Africa, the Caribbean and the U.S Retrospectives of her films have been mounted in Madrid, London,New York and Istanbul. Bravo's life-long commitment to preserving collective memory while pursuing a more humane future pervades all of her work, and her uncanny ability to gain access where others have not has earned her a singular standing in the world of documentary film.
Mandela and Fidel (2013, 30 min) recounts the friendship of ex-president Nelson Mandela with Fidel Castro of cuba.Based on the unique acces Estela gained to both men, she explores the source of their friendship in the context of the struggle to end apartheid in South Africa.
Venue:Monday 3 March 2014, 6-8pm
District 6 Museum Homecoming Centre
15 Buitenkants Stree, Cape town
Venue:Tuesday 4 March 2014, 12-2pm
UCT Africa Studies
African Studies Gallery
Harry Oppenheimer Institute
Upper Campus
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