Soweto

  • Soweto
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 1988
Format : Feature
Running time : 100 (in minutes)
http://www.michaelraeburn.com/soweto.htm

SOWETO (100 mins) - unavailable

A Romeo and Juliette love story between rival ethnic groups in Soweto at the height of apartheid.

The film shot on location in Nigeria and Zimbabwe, but as yet uncompleted due to legal disputes.

Budget : $8m
Production : GEI, London & Skandia, Helsinki & NTA, Nigeria.
Developed by Goldcrest Films, London.
Written and directed by MICHAEL RAEBURN
Music : Hugh Masekela, Stimela and the ANC Choir
Camera : Dick Pope
Starring : Sam Williams, Dambiza Kente, Sophie Mxhina

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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