Nagstappie (A Walk in the Night)

  • Nagstappie (A Walk in the Night)
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Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
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Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 1998
Format : Feature
Running time : 79 (in minutes)
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Recounts a single terrible night in South Africa when the fragile world of Mikey Adonis, a young coloured steel worker, disintegrates; illustrates how a decent man can be driven to an act of brutality by a racist society which humiliates him at every turn.

Directed by Mickey Madoda Dube.

1998, South Africa, 79 mins.

Adaptation of an Alex La Guma short story.
In English and Afrikaans with English subtitles.

Source:
African Cinema: Media Resources Center UCB
www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/Africanfilm.html

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Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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