The Unseen (Namibia/Katjavivi/2016). African Premiere: 27 feb.

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Release/publication date : 2016
Published on : 24/02/2016
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AfricAvenir, the US Embassy in Windhoek, Old Location Films, Sapphire Events present
African Premiere of Perivi John Katjavivi's first feature
The Unseen, Namibia, 2016.
Entrance is 10,- N$
Filmmaker in attendance.

The premiere screening of this long awaited independent film from Katjavivi is premiered as part of AfricAvenir's monthly African film series African Perspectives. It further marks the celebrations of Black History Month in Namibia.



The screening at the Oshana Regional Library is just the beginning. The Oshana Regional Library will play host to another continously running AfricAvenir film series up in Northern Namibia.
The film The Unseen will also be made available to audiences in other Namibian areas futher down the time line. It was World Premiered at Pan African Film Festival (PAFF 2016), at Los Angeles, USA, that Friday, 12 Feb 2016.

A new screening of the feature is scheduled in March, à Luxor African Film festival (Egypt) where the John Katjavivi's debute is selected.

Africiné Magazine (Dakar) is partner of AfricAvenir's monthly African film series African Perspectives in Namibia (and also in Berlin, Germany, where AfricAvenir International has Headquarters).

The Unseen is about art, identity and solitude. It presents three interconnected vignettes that follow three different characters as they slip into spaces in Namibian society mostly unseen.
There's Sara the rebel who's calm resolve to end her life provokes a range of interesting and conflicting reactions in the people close to her. Anu, a dreamy musician, struggles to explain his hallucinations and out of body experiences to his rough-neck buddies across town. Marcus, an African-American actor, estranged from his wife, is in town to play a role in an epic historical film but spends his time wandering through the outback searching for significance.
It's a collection of philosophical musings on what it means to be alive in independent Namibia. It intentionally blurs the line between fiction and documentary.
Perivi is a Namibian filmmaker. He studied at Columbia College Hollywood in Los Angeles where he completed his BA in Cinema, majoring in Directing. He founded Old Location Films, a company committed to developing African stories with global appeal. His films have won awards and screened at Cannes, Durban, Luxor and elsewhere. He is currently enrolled at the University of Cape Town, where he is studying towards an M.A. in African Cinema with the view to teaching and scholarly work. His first feature length film The Unseen stars Antonio Lyons (Hotel Rwanda, American History X), Senga Brockerhoff and Mathew Ishitile.

Thierno I. Dia
Africiné / Africultures

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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