Motlamogadi Bioscope - Screenings of Essayistic Film 'Sesasedi Sa Tsodio' and 'Man Alone' video across 5 Villages in Limpopo's Capricorn District.

Motlamogadi Bioscope Screening Press Release 

18 January 2023

Immediate Release

Public Invite and Call for public participation

Khehla Chepape Makgato presents the Motlamogadi Bioscope  Screenings

We are delighted to bring people closer  and together for social engagement through the Motlamogadi Bioscope screenings which are earmarked to take place in the Limpopo Province’s Capricorn Region from 03 February 2023 to 03 March 2023. The project is a 5 week long project of screenings and discussions of two productions, namely  Sesasedi sa Tsodio by Rangoato Hlasane and Man Alone by Roelf Matlala. The series will take place every Friday weekly over five weekends. The screenings will be followed by panel discussions by experts in the Film and cultural sector. The screening are about opening the doors of learning exposing opportunities that are in the arts and cultural sector while catalysing the culture of film consumption in our communities.

"Motlamogadi Bioscope screening is inspired by Dinonwane – folklore tales that were passed down to me by my late grandmother Raesetja ‘Motlomogadi’ Makgato who passed on in 2019 aged 99, " Chepape remarked. In honor of her memory, as my first storytelling teacher and someone who introduced me to ancient African culture of storytelling, this screening is befitting to happen. My ever evolving growth in the arts and cultural sector nudged me into thinking a lot about  how to continue with what my grandmother taught me and think about it in contemporary times.

Open Call:

To schools, community members, young and old within the five designated communities please join us for the third and fourth screenings of "Sesasedi sa Tsodio", an essayistic video on the Kwaito classic "Tsodio" -  essayistic video that takes a kwaito classic, Tsodio, as a song-being that narrates movements and biographies; conquests and namings; defeats and complaints; returns and ancestries and Man Alone, theater production that is pre-occupied with the idea of mental wellness and the questions thereof. The 5 screenings will take place every Friday of the week for the earmaked duration. To RSVP, please send an email to shaunmphahlele@gmail.com and /or Kaycee.chepape@gmail.com or SMS/Whatsapp 0718340870.  This engagement intends to further stretch the idea of opening the doors of learning and culture through the screenings and in panel conversation on and about the content and its role in the society. The panel discussion will be made up of local film makers, theater practitioners, writers and members from designated communities.

Project Timeline and Screening Schedule:

03 February 2023- 03 March 2023

Venues 

 Phomolong High School 

3rd February 2023

Time: 13h00 - 16h00

Ngwanalaka High School 

10th February   2023

Time: 13h00 -  16h00

Mafolofolo High School 

17th February 2023

Time: 10h00 - 13h00

Khaiso High School 

24th February 2023, 

Time: 11h00 - 14h00

Gerson Ntjie High School 

3rd March 2023

Time: 09h00 - 14h30

Curated and produced by Khehla Chepape Makgato and the undertaking is funded by the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture's National Film and Video Foundation through the Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme. 

For more info kindly contact  Kgothatso Mphahlele: 0718340870

About the Project Manager

Khehla Chepape Makgato is a Johannesburg-based independent artist and arts writer, contributing formerly to ART AFRICA and The Journalist online publications. He works at the Royal Art House studio in Johannesburg and is the founder and creative director of Samanthole Creative Projects & Workshop, a community-based art organization established in 2010 focusing on arts and literacy youth programmes. He is a multi-award winning visual artist who has exhibited in three continents of Africa, Europe and North America in solo and group exhibitions including art fairs. His work is collected by various corporates including JP Morgan Chase, Smithsonian African Modern Art Museum, SA Embassy in USA and Washington Printmakers Gallery among other collections. His inaugural theater production was Man Alone staged in Polokwane, Limpopo Province and premiered at the Market Theatre in October 2019. Chepape is the chief patron and founding director of Khehla Chepape Makgato Youth Libraries in rural schools in Limpopo. He is the recipient of the 2022 Sustainability and Arts Prize by Goethe Institute and Mail & Guardian. He has a Master of Arts in Fine Art from University of the Witwatersrand.

About the National Film and Video Foundation 

The NFVF (National Film and Video Foundation) is an agency of the Department of Arts and Culture that was created to ensure the equitable growth of South Africa’s film and video industry.

What does the NFVF do?

The NFVF provides funding for the development, production, marketing and distribution of films and also the training and development of filmmakers. In addition, the NFVF commissions research and produces industry statistics that provide both the public and stakeholders with valuable insights into the South African film industry.

What are the NFVF’s objectives?

Increase the number of South African films and Previously Disadvantaged Individuals (PDIs) producing themIncrease audience access to South African filmsIncrease the number of people trained in the industry, particularly in areas of scarce skillsPromote the South African Film Industry locally and internationallyPromote social cohesion and the expression of the nation’s stories through film.