Cinematheque Ontario presents

 

KHALO MATABANE IN PERSON!

 

Wednesday, November 15 at 6:30 p.m. - FREE screening!

 

Khalo Matabane's first feature, CONVERSATIONS ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON, has established him as an important voice in South African cinema with its canny combination of fictional and documentary elements. CONVERSATIONS begins with a series of encounters in a city park between Keniloe (Tony Kgoroge) and Fatima (Fatima Hersi), a Somalian refugee. One day Fatima tells him her story - of the terrible losses visited on her by war, forcing her to leave her homeland. Inspired by their meeting, he sets out to find her again, interviewing many intriguing characters along the way. CONVERSATIONS offers a fascinating glimpse into a South Africa that, for all its struggles in the post-Apartheid era, has become a refuge for exiles fleeing more horrific struggles in places as disparat e as Uganda, the former Yugoslavia, and Palestinian refugee camps. "The African new wave is gathering force, and Khalo Matabane is the latest to join the surge... [his] work is intimate, political and dead smart" (Cameron Bailey, Toronto International Film Festival).

Rating: 14A

 

CONVERSATIONS ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON

Director: Khalo Matabane

South Africa 2005

80 minutes video

 

Presented in collaboration with the Ontario College of Art and Design.

 

All Cinematheque Ontario screenings are held at the Art Gallery of Ontario's Jackman Hall, 317 Dundas St. West (McCaul Street entrance), Toronto. All screenings are restricted to individuals 18 years of age or older, unless noted otherwise. For more information, visit the Official website, www.bell.ca/cinematheque, the year-round Box Office at Manulife Centre (55 Bloor Street West, main floor, north entrance), or call 416-968-FILM.

 

Info Source:  Kajsa Erickson,  Toronto International Film Festival Group