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Sunbox 40 - 50 people at a time Films IF YOU NEED HELP SUGGESTED QUESTIONS FOR PLEASE CALL THESE AUDIENCE FACILITATION: NUMBERS: _______________________________________________ Why is there such a massive issue of GBV in SA? Child Line: What can be done by the community and their 08 000 55 555 families to help stop the spread of GBV? 24-Hrs You may be going through a difficult time and Why is it important for films to showcase strong are possibly feeling alone, confused and scared. If you are feeling like this then the best thing you female characters? can do for yourself is to talk to someone. Child Line understands that sometimes the people you Why is it important to have a network of support should be able to talk to are just not available or you feel scared to approach them. That is why around you? we’ve set up a toll-free line. You can call us to talk through a problem or we can assist you should you have something to report. What can you do if you know someone who has _______________________________________________ experienced GBV? Suicide Crisis Line: What does toxic masculinity mean? 0800 567 567 How can we make our families stronger? SMS 31393 Flatland _______________________________________________ What does patriarchy mean? Depression and Directed by Jenna Bass Why do so many women offer their bodies in Anxiety Helpline: NO UNDER 16 exchange for money, protection, security? 0800 70 80 90 Languages: English, Afrikaans Why is it important for people to be honest about _______________________________________________ their struggles? Lifeline: SYNOPSIS Why is it so hard for men to be honest when they 0861 322 322 are suffering with money? 24-hour crisis A contemporary Western, a journey of self- Why does money make people do bad things? intervention service discovery for three different but equally trapped women. A portrait of femininity "Emotional First Aid station". Free, confidential telephone counselling, rape counselling, trauma against a hostile land, questioning what it counselling, Aids counselling, and a range of means to be a woman today in South Africa other services. Counsellors help callers with challenges such as trauma, suicide, and and the world at large. relationship issues.
Sunbox 40 - 50 people at a time Films IF YOU NEED HELP SUGGESTED QUESTIONS FOR PLEASE CALL THESE AUDIENCE FACILITATION: NUMBERS: _______________________________________________ How can sport be used in a positive way to heal Child Line: communities? 08 000 55 555 What can be done by communities and their 24-Hrs families to help stop the spread of violence? You may be going through a difficult time and are possibly feeling alone, confused and scared. If you are feeling like this then the best thing you Why is it important for films to showcase strong can do for yourself is to talk to someone. Child local characters? Line understands that sometimes the people you should be able to talk to are just not available or you feel scared to approach them. That is why Why is it important to have a network of support we’ve set up a toll-free line. You can call us to talk through a problem or we can assist you around you? should you have something to report. _______________________________________________ Do you think womanising men learn that behaviour from toxic fathers, how can we break Suicide Crisis Line: such cycles? 0800 567 567 SMS 31393 What does toxic masculinity mean? Knuckle City _______________________________________________ How can we make our families stronger? Depression and Directed by Jahmil X.T. Qubeka What does patriarchy mean? Anxiety Helpline: NO UNDER 18 0800 70 80 90 Languages: Xhosa Why do so many women offer their bodies in _______________________________________________ exchange for money, protection, security? Lifeline: SYNOPSIS Why is it important for people to be honest about 0861 322 322 their struggles? 24-hour crisis Why is it so hard for men to be honest when they intervention service An aging, womanizing professional boxer are suffering with money? and his career-criminal brother take one "Emotional First Aid station". Free, confidential last shot at success and get more than Why does money make people do bad things? telephone counselling, rape counselling, trauma counselling, Aids counselling, and a range of they've bargained for. other services. Counsellors help callers with challenges such as trauma, suicide, and relationship issues.
Sunbox 40 - 50 people at a time Films IF YOU NEED HELP SUGGESTED QUESTIONS FOR PLEASE CALL THESE AUDIENCE FACILITATION: NUMBERS: _______________________________________________ Why do people you know abuse alcohol and Child Line: drugs? 08 000 55 555 What can be done by the community and their 24-Hrs families to help them? You may be going through a difficult time and are possibly feeling alone, confused and scared. If you are feeling like this then the best thing you Why do so many people go to Joburg seeking can do for yourself is to talk to someone. Child work, instead of making work happen at home? Line understands that sometimes the people you should be able to talk to are just not available or you feel scared to approach them. That is why Why is it important to have a network of support we’ve set up a toll-free line. You can call us to talk through a problem or we can assist you around you? should you have something to report. _______________________________________________ What can you do if you know someone who has a problem with drugs and alcohol? Suicide Crisis Line: 0800 567 567 What can you do if you know someone who has SMS 31393 run away from home? VAYA _______________________________________________ How can we make our families stronger? Depression and Directed by Akim Omotoso Why is it so important to stay loyal and honest with Anxiety Helpline: NO UNDER 16 your family? 0800 70 80 90 Languages: English, Zulu, Tswana _______________________________________________ What can you do if your family is abusing you? Lifeline: SYNOPSIS Why is it important for people to be honest about 0861 322 322 their struggles? Vaya tells the story of three strangers who get on a 24-hour crisis train, each of them with a mission to fulfil in Why is it so hard for men to be honest when they intervention service Johannesburg. They're coming from Durban to are suffering with money? Johannesburg. They never meet, but their stories are "Emotional First Aid station". Free, confidential intertwined. The film came from the real-life stories of Why does money make people do bad things? telephone counselling, rape counselling, trauma counselling, Aids counselling, and a range of South Africans in the Homeless Writers Project, a other services. Counsellors help callers with workshop for people living on the streets of challenges such as trauma, suicide, and relationship issues. Johannesburg.
Sunbox SUGGESTED QUESTIONS FOR Films 40 - 50 people at a time SYNOPSIS AUDIENCE FACILITATION: Apartheid South Africa: The community of Railway, attached to the remote town of Marseilles, are the victims of brutal police oppression and only the young "Five Fingers" are willing to stand up to them. Their battle What does freedom mean to is heartfelt but innocent, until hot-headed Tau kills two policemen in an act of passion. He flees, leaving his you? brothers and friends behind, but his action has triggered a conflict that will leave both Marseilles and How does the film speak to the Five Fingers changed. Twenty years later, Tau is released from prison, now a feared and brutal outlaw, current themes of South "The Lion of Marseilles." But scarred and empty, he African politics renounces violence and returns home desiring only to reconnect with those he left behind. At first, Tau finds What is the long-term impact Marseilles seemingly at peace - the battle for freedom was won, and now the remaining Five Fingers are of colonialism on a society? prominent leaders of their town. However, after reuniting with childhood love, Lerato, and her fiery son, Why is it important to use Sizwe, it becomes clear that Marseilles is caught in the grip of a vicious new threat and to Tau's dismay, his fictional films to talk about childhood friends themselves may have allowed it in. When he and his loved ones become direct targets, he real life? is reluctantly compelled to fight once and for all. What are the duties of the Five Fingers for Marseilles Calling on partners-in-crime, both old friends and new, the Five Fingers rise again. Standing against once-allies government to its citizens? and new enemies alike, they must put their lives at risk Directed by Michael Matthew for the sake of Marseilles. It's their duty to protect it. African communities NO UNDER 16 Even from each other. Languages: Sesotho with English subtitles struggled for freedom under colonialism… - How do ex colonial powers still stay involved in present governments in Africa? INTERESTING Khulumani: Corruption 25 years into the new South ORGANISATION www.khulumani.net Watch Toll Africa, how have things DOING WORK ON Khulumani Support Group is a social movement in South Africa Free Line: improved compared to when comprising some 85,000+ victims and survivors of Apartheid-era 0800 02 34 56 your parents were your age? HELPING VICTIMS gross human rights violations. It is one of the fastest growing social movements in Southern Africa, started by victims and survivors of gross human rights abuses under apartheid. OF APARTHEID: Contact info: info@khulumani.net / marje@khulumani.net
Sunbox 40 - 50 people at a time Films SUGGESTED QUESTIONS FOR SYNOPSIS AUDIENCE FACILITATION: Ade and Femi are expatriate Why are people attacking foreign Nigerian brothers. Ade is a successful owned shops? banker in London, while Femi, once a political dissident in his home What can be done by the country, has had to escape to South community to end violence and Africa, live in refugee tenements xenophobia? and work menial jobs. The brothers have not only been physically Why do so many people come to South Africa estranged, their relationship is seeking work, riddled with unspoken betrayal, guilt and scorn, which they have carried Why is it important to have a network of support since the early days of their youth. around you? During a short visit to Johannesburg, What can you do if you know someone who has a Ade discovers that his brother has been missing for a week. He sets out experienced xenophobic violence? to investigate Femi's mysterious Why is it important for people to be honest about their disappearance, reconstructing the struggles? pieces of his everyday life and the cruel hardships he endured just to Why is it so hard for men to be honest when they are survive. A riot erupts while Ade is suffering with money? visiting Femi's former boss in one of the townships. Ade is forced to take Why are so many South Africans prejudice and shelter with the employer. The xenophobic to people from other African countries mounting violence outside seeps when borders between African countries were into their exchanges and, invented by colonial powers? eventually, prompts an explosion of Man on Ground revelation. Why are so many South Africans prejudice and xenophobic to people from other African countries Directed by Akim Omotoso when they protected our struggle activists and NO UNDER 16 provide them with safe passage during exile? Languages: English Xenophobia Theme
SYNOPSIS SUGGESTED QUESTIONS FOR Sunbox AUDIENCE FACILITATION: 40 - 50 people at a time "YOUR BODY MAY LEAVE HOME, BUT Films NEVER YOUR SPIRIT.” The film is a description of African youth battling with the tension between our rural roots and our urban realities. Mariam, returns to Burkina Faso after having left as a Why is there such a tension between urban and rural young child who was adopted and divides? sent out of the country to South What can be done to bring people together across Africa, where she always felt alien. such divides? She returns as an ailing young adult to the land of her birth on a journey Why do so many people come to cities seeking work of self discovery, to spend her last , how can more opportunities be created in rural days in the land of her forefathers. areas? She does not know the language, culture, or norms. She is on a quest Why is it important to have a network of support to reconnect with her family and her around you? roots. While trying to figure out how to get to her native village, she Do you know anyone who was not born in South encounters and befriends a Africa who you are friends with? charismatic bike messenger/taxi driver, Moussa, who volunteers to Why is it important for people to be honest about their take her South, claiming good struggles? knowledge of the country and the exact place of her village. A city Why is it so hard for people to be honest about debts slicker bike messenger, Moussa, is they may have? living a fast paced life in the city. His Why are so many South Africans prejudice and life is lonely as the debt is building up and he is estranged from his family xenophobic to people from other African countries living in a remote village. Outwardly when borders between African countries were Moussa seems in control, hiding invented by colonial powers? Burkinabe behind his charm, charisma and style. Moussa grows increasingly Why are so many South Africans prejudice and paranoid in Ouagadougou as his xenophobic to people from other African countries Directed by Nthato Mokgata & Carla Fonseca debts mount up. He needs to get when they protected our struggle activists and NO UNDER 16 out. Moussa and Mariam take to the provide them with safe passage during exile? Languages: English, French open road on a journey of self discovery.
Sunbox 40 - 50 people at a time Films XENOPHOBIA: SUGGESTED QUESTIONS FOR South Africa is Africa’s most industrialised country, and it AUDIENCE FACILITATION: attracts thousands of foreign nationals every year, seeking refuge from poverty, economic crises, war and government Why do you think that no matter the challenges persecution in their home or obstacles faced a woman will always make countries. While the majority of them are from elsewhere on the sure her family is taken care of? continent, such as Zimbabwe, What are your talents, and what are you inspired Malawi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia and Ethiopia, to do? many also come from Pakistan and Bangladesh. Xenophobic Why is it important to be confident about your violence against foreign nationals ability? in South Africa has worsened. South Africa witnessed Why is it important to grab hold of opportunities? widespread xenophobic attacks since 1994 in provinces such as Why do we suffer from a lack of self esteem? Gauteng, Western Cape, Free State, Limpopo and KwaZulu What can you do to help follow your dreams? Natal. Xenophobia is generally What can you do to never give up on your goals? defined as ‘the deep dislike of non-nationals by nationals of a Why is it important to watch films about other recipient state.’ This definition is Cook Off African countries in South Africa where we have also used by the South African Human Rights Commission Directed by Tomas Brickhill such big problems with xenophobia? (SAHRC). Xenophobia is also a manifestation of racism and is a NO UNDER 13 Why do you think so many South Africans do not crime. Languages: Shona, English like foreign Africans? _________________________________________________ Do you think that national borders (created Emergency Number: 10111 SYNOPSIS during colonial times) have created bigger problems for African countries like South and _________________________________________________ Single mother Anesu's life is turned upside Zimbabwe? Crime Stop: down when her son enters her into a reality 08600 10111 TV competition. A refreshing view of Do you consider Zimbabweans as your _________________________________________________ contemporary life in Harare, Zimbabwe, neighbours/brothers? SMS us on 079 891 3036 and told through the lens of a classic romantic a trained lay counsellor will comedy. call you back.
Sunbox Films 40 - 50 people at a time SUGGESTED QUESTIONS FOR AUDIENCE FACILITATION: SYNOPSIS Xolani joins the other men of Why is it important to push boundaries with his community on a journey to the types of stories we tell? the mountains to initiate a How do we combat homophobia in our group of teenagers into communities? manhood. His entire existence How do we celebrate traditional cultures starts to unravel when a while acknowledging diversity within them? defiant initiate from the city How do we give platforms for diverse discovers his best-kept secret, voices to be heard if our views on culture a forbidden love. are one dimensional? How does culture give gender meaning? When we screened the film we make sure we invited Does identifying as gay mean one is less of traditional leaders/healers as a man? well as outspoken LGBTQI Does being a man mean you cannot activists to ensure a productive identify as gay? dialogue was created from What does being a man entail? INXEBA: The Wound diverse points of view. What is masculinity? How do we avoid the exclusion and Directed by John Trengrove discrimination of the LGBTIQ community in NO UNDER 18! lwaluko? Languages: Xhosa with English subtitles What is your opinion of initiation being used LGBTQI focus so only suitable for intimate/workshop styled screenings as a platform to give a voice to culturally subjugated homosexual individuals? Has the film been able to affect change in the mindsets of communities and ORGANISATION The Other Foundation: National LGBTQI Support Toll Free individuals in how they are able to grapple with homosexuality as an extension of masculinities? DOING WORK ON theotherfoundation.org Line: What do you think about the fact that the 0800 33 33 31 LGBTQI+ RIGHTS: Everyone should be free to live a safe and dignified life, have a family and make their contribution to society. The Other Foundation works to change the views, director of the film is a white male, but that Xhosa men wrote the screenplay with him? practices and institutions that prevent people – because of who they are or who they love – from being able to do that in southern Africa. We gather support for SMS us on 079 891 those who are working to protect and advance the rights, wellbeing and social inclusion of people of all sexual orientations and gender identities – and we give 3036 and a trained lay support in a smart way that helps groups to work better for lasting change. counsellor will call you back. Contact info: admin@theotherfoundation.org
Sunbox Films 40 - 50 people at a time SYNOPSIS SUGGESTED QUESTIONS FOR AUDIENCE FACILITATION: Based on true events, Ellen tells of the troubled relationship between a mother and her drug-addicted son - a Do you know people who are addicted to relationship that will eventually drive her to the edge and drugs/alcohol? What support do they have? lead to his murder. In 2007, the death of 20 year old Abie Pakkies created a stir in South Africa and the world. The Do you think that going to prison most disturbing part of the case was that the murderer was rehabilitates people? his mother, Ellen. When advocate Adrian Samuels takes on Do you think that there are rehabilitation the case, he is determined to prove that Ellen Pakkies had centres for drug and alcohol abuse near no choice. But what compelled her to stop seeking help? your community? How does a mother become desperate enough to take her What can communities do to protect people own son's life? Told across two timelines, Ellen is the from falling into the trap of drug and alcohol harrowing account of a woman put through the penal abuse? system, tried for murder and driven by an unflinching love What is the role that can be played by for her son. It delves into the inner psyche of a family young people in empowering other young Ellen ravaged by drugs in one of the most dangerous people who are struggling with addiction? communities in South Africa. A scourge that extends beyond the Cape Flats and highlights a systematic failure to What is the role that can be played by Directed by Daryne Joshua protect the poorest of the poor. elders in assisting people struggling with NO UNDER 16 addiction? Languages: Afrikaans with English subtitles ORGANISATION Sanca: Department of Social Narcotics Anonymous DOING WORK ON Sanca provides specialised and affordable prevention Development’s (NA): and treatment services for alcohol and other drug dependence. A national body established in 1956, it has Substance Abuse Line: DRUG/ALCOHOL NA is a non-profit organisation for recovering drug independently operated societies and counselling centres in all nine provinces. addicts who meet regularly to help each other Offers support, guidance and help for people ABUSE & stay clean. addicted to drugs and alcohol as well as their families. Sanca – Johannesburg: Run in partnership with the SA Depression and Anxiety 08611 REHAB (73422) or (011) 673-0400 Group. National 24-hour helpline: REHABILITATION: sanca-jhb.org.za 083 900 MY NA (083 900 69 62) National toll-free helpline: Sanca – Western Cape: 0800 12 13 14 or SMS 32312 www.na.org.za (021) 945 4080/1 or www.sancawc.co.za
Sunbox 40 - 50 people at a time Films AUDIENCE FACILITATION SYNOPSIS THEMES/DIALOGUE: Tragedy strikes "The Lucky TB is a contagious disease transmitted through Specials", a small-time cover the air. It is not a curse. It is not a moral failure. It band from a dusty South African is caused by bacteria (germs). Anyone can get town, forcing them to struggle TB. just to hold themselves together. TB is curable if you start treatment early and Director, Rea Rangaka, is an complete the entire course of drugs. actor-director who completed Make sure you and your loved ones get tested his master’s degree in film as soon as possible if you have been in close directing on a Fulbright Scholarship at Chapman contact with someone with TB. University’s Dodge College of Make sure you get tested as soon as possible if Film and Media Arts in Los you have a cough for more than two weeks or Angeles. His graduate film “Ode other common TB symptoms such as night in Blood” won the Cecil B. DeMille award for best director. sweats, weight loss, and fatigue. His most recent project is “The If you fail to complete your TB medications, you Lucky Specials”. As an actor risk becoming contagious again and getting himself, he manages to bring out even sicker, with a drug-resistant strain. Then of his cast natural and powerful performances, has a brilliant eye you will need a longer, more invasive set of for mis-en-scene, and is an treatments. The Lucky Specials exciting new talent. TB and HIV are different diseases. But having HIV puts you at higher risk to get TB. And they Directed by Rea Rangaka NO UNDER 13 both get worse if you are “co-infected,” or have both diseases. Languages: Zulu or English TB Focus
Sunbox 40 - 50 people at a time Films IF YOU NEED HELP SUGGESTED QUESTIONS FOR PLEASE CALL THESE AUDIENCE FACILITATION: NUMBERS: _______________________________________________ What role does art have in highlighting society’s Child Line: problems? 08 000 55 555 What is the long-term impact of colonialism on a society? 24-Hrs What role can a community have in combatting You may be going through a difficult time and gangsterism? are possibly feeling alone, confused and scared. If you are feeling like this then the best thing you What similarities are there between the stories of the can do for yourself is to talk to someone. Child Line understands that sometimes the people you Number and Gangs from the 60s and now? should be able to talk to are just not available or you feel scared to approach them. That is why Why are gangs such a big part of life for many in Cape we’ve set up a toll-free line. You can call us to Town? talk through a problem or we can assist you should you have something to report. Why do people you know abuse alcohol and drugs? _______________________________________________ What can be done by the community and their families Suicide Crisis Line: to help them? 0800 567 567 Why is it important to have a network of support around SMS 31393 you? Noem My Skollie _______________________________________________ What can you do if you know someone who has a problem with drugs and alcohol? Depression and Directed by Daryne Joshua How can we make our families stronger? Anxiety Helpline: NO UNDER 16 0800 70 80 90 Languages: Afrikaans with English subtitles Why is it so important to stay loyal and honest with your family? _______________________________________________ What can you do if your family is abusing you? Lifeline: SYNOPSIS Why is it important for people to be honest about their 0861 322 322 struggles? 24-hour crisis A young man, jailed for thievery, turns to storytelling to protect himself from the Why is it so hard for men to be honest when they are intervention service suffering with money? worst that prison life has to offer. "Emotional First Aid station". Free, confidential Why does money make people do bad things? telephone counselling, rape counselling, trauma Good idea to show it Matric students counselling, Aids counselling, and a range of other services. Counsellors help callers with needing to prepare for their Afrikaans challenges such as trauma, suicide, and Exams. relationship issues.
Sunbox SUGGESTED QUESTIONS FOR 40 - 50 people at a time Films AUDIENCE FACILITATION: SYNOPSIS What does freedom mean to Based on a true story. In a racially-charged and violent 1950's rural South Africa, a you? liberal journalist recounts the epic chase, What is the long-term impact edge-of-your-seat capture and intriguing of colonialism on a society? trial of a flamboyant, native "Robin Hood". His captivating re-imagining, paints a How does the film speak to portrait of a divisive outlaw - hunted by the current themes of South Republic, elusive even to his loved ones, all African politics whilst remaining a champion of the disenchanted. It is an aggressive Why is it important to use exploration of the effects of colonial fictional films to talk about displacement that sewed the seeds for real like? one of the most viciously racist, political regimes in history. What are the duties of the government to its citizens? Sew the Winter to my Skin African communities Directed by Jahmil X.T. Qubeka NO UNDER 16 struggled for freedom under Languages: Afrikaans with English subtitles colonialism . How do ex colonial powers still stay involved in present governments in Africa? 25 years into the new South ORGANISATION ODAC: Contact info: facebook.com/ Africa how have things DOING WORK ON opendemocracy.org.za ODACSA/ improved compared to GOOD ODAC are leading experts in relation to access to information and freedom of expression in South Africa, and on the continent. We have driven strategic Corruption Watch when your parents were your age? litigation on the Promotion of Access to Information Act and Protected Disclosures Act, and remain at the forefront at parliamentary advocacy on laws relating to Toll Free Line: GOVERNANCE transparency and good governance. Fundamentally, ODAC believes that realising the right to know will make a material and tangible social change, while forwarding social and economic justice. By promoting transparency, enhancing 0800 023 456 CITIZEN RIGHTS: access to information, supporting whistleblowers and liberating data, we are forwarding a culture of accountability and openness to meet the needs of citizens.
Sunbox 40 - 50 people at a time Films IF YOU NEED HELP SUGGESTED QUESTIONS FOR PLEASE CALL THESE AUDIENCE FACILITATION: NUMBERS: _______________________________________________ Why do people you know not grow up with both their Child Line: parents? 08 000 55 555 What can be done by the community and their families to 24-Hrs create better systems of support? You may be going through a difficult time and Why do so many people have absent fathers? are possibly feeling alone, confused and scared. If you are feeling like this then the best thing you can do for yourself is to talk to someone. Child Why is it important to make sure the law protects the rights Line understands that sometimes the people you of the child? should be able to talk to are just not available or you feel scared to approach them. That is why What can you do if you know someone who has a we’ve set up a toll-free line. You can call us to talk through a problem or we can assist you problem with family issues? should you have something to report. _______________________________________________ What can you do if you know someone who has broken the law by not supporting their children? Suicide Crisis Line: How can we make our communities more supportive? 0800 567 567 Why is it so important to stay loyal and honest with your SMS 31393 LOSING LERATO family? _______________________________________________ What can you do if someone in your family is abusing you? Depression and Directed by Sanele Zulu Why is it important for people to be honest about their Anxiety Helpline: NO UNDER 13 struggles and seek support? 0800 70 80 90 Languages: English, Zulu Why is it so hard for people to be honest when they are _______________________________________________ suffering with money? Lifeline: SYNOPSIS Why do many people choose to be with “sugar daddies” 0861 322 322 and “blessers"? 24-hour crisis Losing Lerato is a beautifully told South African Do you think there are good “social work services” action/thriller about a successful young black man intervention service available in your community and how can they be who takes matters into his own hands by kidnapping his daughter after life, the law and the improved? "Emotional First Aid station". Free, confidential telephone counselling, rape counselling, trauma woman he once loved separate them. His actions counselling, Aids counselling, and a range of other services. Counsellors help callers with put him on a collision course with the law and he challenges such as trauma, suicide, and finds himself in a high-stakes hostage situation. relationship issues.
Sunbox Films 40 - 50 people at a time SUGGESTED QUESTIONS FOR AUDIENCE FACILITATION: SYNOPSIS Why Is it important to have a solid dream? In a vibrant and diverse Johannesburg community, 21-year- Why do so many people struggle with old Afro-hipster Ayanda has a knack for taking neglected alcohol abuse issues? pieces of furniture and “bringing them back to love”. Eight years after her father’s death, she is determined to revive his Why is it important for young girls to have prized garage business, which is in deep debt and in strong female role models who are good danger of being sold. The film crackles with infectious business women? energy and style, capturing a vividly contemporary view of Why is it important to have a good South Africa. Inspired by the possibilities of a modern African business mentor when developing a new aesthetic AYANDA explores the core theme of how we let idea? go of the things and people we love. What do you think the rights of women Ayanda why do you think so many struggle to be financially independet? Directed by Sara Blecher Do you know people like Ayanda? Languages: English ORGANISATIONS Stop Gender Violence POWA - People Marie Stopes: DOING WORK ON Helpline South Africa: Opposing Women FREE WOMENS CLINICS FOR CONTRACEPTION/HIV TESTING/ABORTION ACROSS SOUTH AFRICA GENDER BASED 0800 150 150 Abuse: 24-Hrs 0800 11 77 85 VIOLENCE IN 011 642 4345 Our 24 hour confidential crisis We seek to impact the quality of life in South Africa SOUTH AFRICA: intervention service is available at no 011 642 4346 by decreasing maternal and infant mortality, averting unsafe, illegal abortions, decreasing the cost to all sectors of the community info@powa.co.za number of unwanted pregnancies through contraceptive uptake, reducing the impact of HIV, regardless of race, religion or social A Safe and equal society intolerant of all forms of STIs and cervical cancer and expanding our services standing. violence against women and girls in all their diversity, whenever and wherever possible. where they are treated with respect and dignity and their rights are promoted...
Sunbox Films 40 - 50 people at a time SUGGESTED QUESTIONS FOR AUDIENCE FACILITATION: SYNOPSIS Why Is it important to have a solid dream? Do you agree that men who need to have power over women by using money, gifts or violence to Shania tells an evocative story of a group of friends control women do not have a healthy sense of what who encounter life-changing obstacles that mirror it means to be a man? the day-to-day challenges faced by many Why is it important for young girls to have strong female role models who are good women? adolescent girls and young women in Zimbabwe. Why should women and girls have equal access to When the sole guardian of Shaina dies, a series of education? What do you think the rights of women why do you life-altering events are set in motion that force her to think so many struggle to be financially find strength to secure her future. independent? We do not have any choice about the situations we Shania are born into, but we do have control over ourselves and our actions. For instance, Shine had no control over losing her parents or losing Gogo, but she did Directed by Beautie Masvaure have control over what she chose to do about it. Do Zimbabwe you know people like Shania? No under 13 Languages: English, Shona ORGANISATIONS Stop Gender Violence POWA - People Marie Stopes: DOING WORK ON Helpline South Africa: Opposing Women FREE WOMENS CLINICS FOR CONTRACEPTION/HIV TESTING/ABORTION ACROSS SOUTH AFRICA GENDER BASED 0800 150 150 Abuse: 24-Hrs 0800 11 77 85 VIOLENCE IN 011 642 4345 Our 24 hour confidential crisis We seek to impact the quality of life in South Africa SOUTH AFRICA: intervention service is available at no 011 642 4346 by decreasing maternal and infant mortality, averting unsafe, illegal abortions, decreasing the cost to all sectors of the community info@powa.co.za number of unwanted pregnancies through contraceptive uptake, reducing the impact of HIV, regardless of race, religion or social A Safe and equal society intolerant of all forms of STIs and cervical cancer and expanding our services standing. violence against women and girls in all their diversity, whenever and wherever possible. where they are treated with respect and dignity and their rights are promoted...
Sunbox 40 - 50 people at a time SYNOPSIS SUGGESTED QUESTIONS FOR Films AUDIENCE FACILITATION: Poppie Nongena tells the story of a South African woman, an Afrikaans speaking Xhosa mother, How does this film teach you about the whose life revolves around her family and finding history of Apartheid laws in South Africa? stability in a period of insufferable upheaval in the Why do many women face the difficult country. When her husband, Stone, became too ill obstacles in accessing equal to work, Poppie was deemed by the law to be an opportunities? "illegal" resident in her own country. She engaged in a desperate struggle with the authorities for How can a national heal from the permission to stay, moving from house to house, brutality of Apartheid? applying for permits, applying for extensions, Why should women and girls have equal extensions of extensions, and using every means at access to education? her disposal to remain with her children. Caught in What do you think the rights of women Poppie Nongena the cross fire of her children's needs, her husband's illness, community anger and repressive laws, she why do you think so many struggle to be financially independent? Directed by Christiaan Olwagen was finally forced to give in just as the 1976 riots for Do you know people like Poppie? No under 13 freedom erupted. Languages: English, Afrikaans ORGANISATIONS Stop Gender Violence POWA - People Marie Stopes: DOING WORK ON Helpline South Africa: Opposing Women FREE WOMENS CLINICS FOR CONTRACEPTION/HIV TESTING/ABORTION ACROSS SOUTH AFRICA GENDER BASED 0800 150 150 Abuse: 24-Hrs 0800 11 77 85 VIOLENCE IN 011 642 4345 Our 24 hour confidential crisis We seek to impact the quality of life in South Africa SOUTH AFRICA: intervention service is available at no 011 642 4346 by decreasing maternal and infant mortality, averting unsafe, illegal abortions, decreasing the cost to all sectors of the community info@powa.co.za number of unwanted pregnancies through contraceptive uptake, reducing the impact of HIV, regardless of race, religion or social A Safe and equal society intolerant of all forms of STIs and cervical cancer and expanding our services standing. violence against women and girls in all their diversity, whenever and wherever possible. where they are treated with respect and dignity and their rights are promoted...
Sunbox 40 - 50 people at a time Films SUGGESTED QUESTIONS FOR SYNOPSIS AUDIENCE FACILITATION: Why are people attacking foreign Once a scholarship student owned shops? with a great future, Joshua What can be done by the dreams of winning a BMX community to end violence and cycling championship as a xenophobia? means to finding a better life, but fate intervenes in the form Why do so many people come to South Africa of an accident that shatters seeking work, his knee. He is given shelter Why is it important to have a network of support and a job by Mambo who around you? houses refugee teenagers What can you do if you know someone who has a from all over Africa. When experienced xenophobic violence? Joshua meets Olivia, a talented young dancer of Why is it important for people to be honest about their mixed race from a well-to-do struggles? family, it brings him into a Why is it so hard for men to be honest when they are world he has never known suffering with money? before. Her insights cast a Why are so many South Africans prejudice and shadow over Mambo's xenophobic to people from other African countries agenda and cause Joshua to when borders between African countries were Riding with Sugar rise above all odds and find a way to a brighter future. invented by colonial powers? Directed by Sunu Gonera Why are so many South Africans prejudice and NO UNDER 13 xenophobic to people from other African countries Languages: English when they protected our struggle activists and Xenophobia Theme provide them with safe passage during exile?
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Sunbox 40 - 50 people at a time Films SUGGESTED QUESTIONS FOR SYNOPSIS AUDIENCE FACILITATION: When an old villager insists on attending school so he What role does this film have in can learn to read, everyone learns that it's inspiring children to stay in never too late to dream. school? The First Grader is a 2010 biographical drama film What is the long-term impact of directed by Justin colonialism on a society? Chadwick. It stars Naomie Harris, Oliver Litondo, and Why is it important for African Tony Kgoroge. The film is children to experience stories based on the true story of Kimani Maruge, a Kenyan about Africa and stories about farmer who enrolled in elders who do not give up? elementary school at the age of 84 following the Is it interesting to you that the Kenyan government's story is set in Kenya - yet relates to announcement of free universal primary education where you live? in 2003. What other kinds of similar stories The First Grader could you imagine being told in Directed by Justin Chadwick your community? Heritage/Family Friendly Languages: Swahili with English Subtitles
Sunbox 40 - 50 people at a time Films SUGGESTED QUESTIONS FOR SYNOPSIS AUDIENCE FACILITATION: What role does this film have in inspiring children to to tell their own stories? Jo is a young girl living in a small village in Kenya. What does it make you feel when you It's her dream to become watch a film about such a strong a super-heroine, but female character who is terminally ill? unfortunately these ambitions are hindered Film is supposed to show something by her impending that you didn’t imagine before - how terminal illness. As an does Supermodo do that? attempt to make her Why is it important for African children desires possible the whole to experience stories about Africa and village is plotting a genius plan with the goal to stories about strong female character? make her wish come true. What does the film make audiences think about self-esteem, imagination, or sense of inspiration or ambition? Supermodo What other kinds of similar stories could Directed by Likarion Wainaina you imagine being told in your Family Friendly community? Languages: Swahili with English Subtitles
Sunbox 40 - 50 people at a time Films SUGGESTED QUESTIONS FOR SYNOPSIS AUDIENCE FACILITATION: A Swazi girl embarks on a What role does this film have in dangerous quest to rescue inspiring children to to tell their her young twin brothers. This animated African tale own stories? is born in the imaginations What are the long term impacts of five orphaned children in Swaziland who on HIV not being treated? collaborate to tell a story Why is it important for African of perseverance drawn from their darkest children to experience stories memories and brightest about Africa and stories about dreams. Their fictional strong female character? character's journey is interwoven with poetic What does the film make and observational audiences think about self- documentary scenes to esteem, cultural pride, or sense of create a genre-defying celebration of collective inspiration or ambition? storytelling. What other kinds of similar stories Liyana could you imagine being told in Directed by Aaron Kopp & Amanda Kopp your community? Heritage/Family Friendly Languages: English + Subtitles
Sunbox 40 - 50 people at a time Films SUGGESTED QUESTIONS FOR SYNOPSIS AUDIENCE FACILITATION: After his herd rejects him What role does art have in for having only half his stripes, a young zebra shifting peoples’ views of (Jake T. Austin) sets out on Africa? a mis- sion across the Karoo Desert to find the Why is it important for African legendary water hole children to experience stories where the first zebras got their distinctive markings. about Africa and wildlife from The film stars the voices of Africa? Jake T. Austin, Steve Buscemi, Loretta Devine, Is it interesting to you that the Laurence Fishburne, voices for the main characters Richard E. Grant, Anna Sophia Robb, Catherine in this African animation are Tate, and Liam Neeson. Hollywood stars from America? Release date: 25 October 2013 Director: Anthony What other kinds of children Silverston friendly stories could you Khumba imagine being told through Directed by Anthony Silverston Animation, Family Friendly animation? Languages: English
Sunbox 40 - 50 people at a time Films SUGGESTED QUESTIONS FOR SYNOPSIS AUDIENCE FACILITATION: Zambezia (also known as Adventures in Zambezia) is a 2012 English-language South African 3D computer-animated adventure film. The film was directed by What role does art have in Wayne Thornley, written by Andrew Cook, Raffaella Delle Donne, and shifting peoples’ views of Anthony Silverston, and starring the voices of Jeremy Suarez, Abigail Breslin, Africa? Jeff Goldblum, Leonard Nimoy, and Samuel L. Jackson with supporting roles done by Jim Cummings, Richard E. Why is it important for African Grant, Jenifer Lewis, Jamal Mixon, and David Shaughnessy. It is the first film children to experience stories produced by Triggerfish Animation Studios and distributed by Cinema about Africa and wildlife from Africa? Management Group and Sony Pictures in English territories. Kai is a naive, but high-spirited young Peregrine falcon who lives with his father Tendai. After a visit from Gogo and Tini, Is it interesting to you that the Kai travels to "Zambezia", a bustling bird city on the edge of the majestic Victoria voices for the main characters in this African animation are Falls where he discovers the truth about his origins and learns how to be part of the community. While learning of his father's past, Kai ends up having to work Hollywood stars from America? with Zambezia's defenders called the "Hurricanes" to protect Zambezia from Budzo, a monstrous rock-monitor who What other kinds of children friendly stories could you has persuaded the Marabous (who have been left out of the development of Zambezia Zambezia) to help him with his invasion. imagine being told through Directed by Wayne Thornley Animation, Family Friendly animation? Languages: English
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Sunbox SUGGESTED QUESTIONS FOR 40 - 50 people at a time Films AUDIENCE FACILITATION: SYNOPSIS The Soweto uprising of 1976 is well documented: What role did the 1976 student protests students peacefully protested the mandatory inclusion have in ending Apartheid rule? What role of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction. By nightfall over did the parents play during the uprising? 200 lay dead. The less well-documented ‘76 protest What is the long-term impact of action by activists in Bonteheuwel, Langa and the colonialism on a society? Cape Flats, and student deaths, are the heart of this Are youth voices heard in the media film. Personal reflections of struggle stalwarts Fatima now? Dike, Dr Mongane Wally Serote and Duma Ndlovu What similarities are there between the consid- er the states’ brutal response, the influence of youth of 76 and the current generation? the Black Consciousness Movement and their Do you believe the uprising was key to the disappoint- ment with the current state of the nation. It’s resistance and the fight against the a glimpse into 70s SA, the cost of the fight for education apartheid government? and freedom, and especially relevant 40 years later as What is the Black Consciousness university students take on the ANC government de- movement? manding free, quality education. How did the Bantu Education system take Uprize! away from black identity? By Sifiso Khanyile What identity was being taught through NO UNDER 13 Bantu Education? Languages: English Was it possible to imagine a positive black Education Theme: Documentary identity under Bantu Education? What impact does art have on black identity? What would a truly African education ORGANISATION Child Welfare SA Equal Education: Report neglect or abuse of a system look like? DOING WORK ON child: 0861 4 CHILD (24453) How can art be used within your equaleducation.org.za National: (011) 452-4110 community to educate? info.easterncape@equaleducation.org.za IMPROVING Equal Education was founded in February 2008. EE is a community and E-mail: info@childwelfaresa.org.za Why are protests such an important symbol of democracy in South Africa? STANDARDS OF membership-based movement who is striving for quality and equality in the South Website: African education system, through campaigns based on research and policy www.childwelfaresa.org.za analysis. EDUCATION IN SA: Corruption Watch Toll Free Line: TELEPHONE/WHATSAPP: 021 361 0127 0800 023 456
Sunbox Films 40 - 50 people at a time SUGGESTED QUESTIONS FOR AUDIENCE FACILITATION: SYNOPSIS How does poor access to good quality An unflinching look at the #FeesMustFall student education affect people of South Africa movement that burst onto the South African political in relation to their access to economic landscape in 2015 as a protest over the cost of opportunities? education, and morphed into the most militant national revolt since the country’s first democratic Based on the government poor service elections in 1994. The story is told by four student delivery, do you think the government leaders at Wits University and their Vice Chancellor, need more time or it is completely failing Adam Habib, a left-wing, former anti-apartheid to empower people of South Africa? student activist. When Habib’s efforts to contain the One may argue that the government protest fail, he brings 1000 police on to campus. There cannot afford to provide free education are dire consequences for the young leaders: Mcebo as then the facilities/infrastructure will Dlamini is arrested and charged with serious offences, suffer - do you agree with this statement? Shaeera Kalla is shot 13 times with rubber-coated “Giving people free education can be bullets; others, fearing the involvement of the state seen as “spoon feeding”, the security agencies, are forced into hiding. government should create more jobs Everything Must Fall instead. What are your thoughts on the above statement? Directed by Rehad Desai NO UNDER 16 What is the role that can be played by Languages: English young people in empowering other young people who don't have access to Student Rights, Fees Must Fall Movement education? What is the role that can be played by the private sector in assisting people struggling to access education? ORGANISATION Ikamva Youth: Stand No. 1603, 4409 Bluegum Street, Ebony Park Ext 3, It has been 25 years since democracy, can we really continuously blame the DOING WORK ON Our mission is to enable disadvantage youth to pull themselves and each Midrand, 1685 apartment government for the in justices other out of poverty and into tertiary education or employment. We have a track record of achieving this mission. IkamvaYouth provides a safe space for of the past? NOMPUMEZO MAKINANA IMPROVING learners to be after class ends, where they receive help with their homework and a host of other services and support to ensure they succeed. Since our Branch Coordinator, Joza | Do you think that the Fees Must Fall humble beginnings, we have grown from one branch to more than fifteen and support over 5,000 learners per year through our various programmes. movement was successful? STUDENT MARKS Contact info: LERATO KHENE 046 637 1242 / 074 686 5140 nompumezo@ikamvayouth.org IN SOUTH AFRICA: Branch Coordinator,Ivory Park | 2 Sani Street, Joza Location, 011 050 1228 Grahamstown 6139 lerato@ikamvayouth.org
Sunbox 40 - 50 people at a time Films ORGANISATIONS SUGGESTED QUESTIONS FOR DOING WORK ON AUDIENCE FACILITATION: IMPROVING HOUSING, SERVICE DELIVERY & What is the long-term impact of colonialism on a society? SANITATION ACCESS: _______________________________________________ How does poor living conditions affect people of South Africa in relation to their health, access to different resources including SERI: Socio clinics, ambulances? Based on the government poor service delivery, do you think the Economic Rights government need more time or it is completely failing to Institute of South empower people of South Africa? One may argue that people living in Shacks are just lazy on Africa building their own houses. What are your thoughts on that SERI was established as a non-profit statement? company in 2009. It is a South African human rights organisation which As we understand that poor living conditions may lead to crime. provides professional assistance to Can we actually use that statement as the motive behind crime individuals, communities and social movements seeking to protect and or we can simply rely on the “free will” approach, meaning advance their socio-economic rights. people choose to commit crime. These are the rights to housing, water, healthcare services, fair labour “Giving people free houses can be seen as “spoon feeding”, the practices, electricity, sanitation, a clean government should create more jobs instead. What are your and healthy environment, education Dear Mandela thoughts on the above statement? What is the role that can be played by young people in and various children’s rights, which are grounded in South Africa’s Constitution. SERI also seeks to protect the sites within Directed by Dara Kell empowering people living in shacks? which people campaign for the protection and advancement of these NO UNDER 13 What is the role that can be played by the private sector in rights. We work to protect the political Languages: English assisting people living in eMjondolo? spaces in which socio-economic rights activists, social movements, community- Housing Theme It has been 24 years since democracy, can we really continuously based organisations, and trade unions blame the apartment government for the in justices of the past? are able to express themselves freely, assemble and protest without unjustified SYNOPSIS Among other issues that affect the government and people of South Africa, including unemployment, Fees must fall, crime etc., state interference, and be free from arbitrary arrest and detention. why do you think the priority should be given to homeless people Abahlali base Mjondolo, the term is in of South Africa. isiZulu which refers to the people who People have lost hope, especially on voting for different political Contact: stay in shacks, is a South African social parties in South Africa because of empty promises. What do you think can be the best solution moving forward? sanele@seri-sa.org movement of poor, mainly African people centred on the city of Durban. 011 356 5860
Sunbox 40 - 50 people at a time Films ORGANISATIONS SUGGESTED QUESTIONS FOR DOING WORK ON AUDIENCE FACILITATION: IMPROVING HOUSING, SERVICE DELIVERY & What is the long-term impact of colonialism on a society? SANITATION ACCESS: _______________________________________________ How does poor living conditions affect people of South Africa in relation to their health, access to different resources including SERI: Socio clinics, ambulances? Do you think many people still carry deep psychological scars Economic Rights from Apartheid - do you know people who are like that? What Institute of South support do they have? Is the rainbow nation a myth? Africa SERI was established as a non-profit Did Mandela bring freedom to all South Africans? company in 2009. It is a South African Did the Truth and Reconciliation Commission do enough to bring human rights organisation which provides professional assistance to the country together? individuals, communities and social Is South Africa a unified country 25 years into the new movements seeking to protect and advance their socio-economic rights. Democracy These are the rights to housing, water, What do you think will create more unity, less crime and more healthcare services, fair labour practices, electricity, sanitation, a clean equality in the country? and healthy environment, education 1994: The Bloody Miracle Do you think 25 years is a long enough time to see real changes? Based on the government poor service delivery, do you think the and various children’s rights, which are grounded in South Africa’s Constitution. SERI also seeks to protect the sites within Directed by Bert Haitsma & Meg Rickards government needs more time or it is completely failing to which people campaign for the protection and advancement of these NO UNDER 13 empower people of South Africa? rights. We work to protect the political Languages: English “Giving people free houses can be seen as “spoon feeding”, the spaces in which socio-economic rights activists, social movements, community- government should create more jobs instead. What are your New South Africa/Democracy/Post Apartheid Themes based organisations, and trade unions thoughts on the above statement? are able to express themselves freely, assemble and protest without unjustified SYNOPSIS What is the role that can be played by young people in empowering the country? state interference, and be free from arbitrary arrest and detention. What is the role that can be played by the private sector in As South Africa celebrates its 25Th anniversary of the advent of democracy in 1994, it's hard to believe that the assisting people living in poor conditions? 'Mandela Miracle' nearly didn't happen. In an orgy of It has been 25 years since democracy, can we really Contact: countrywide violence, some were intent on derailing the first free elections. Now for the first time, those responsible for countless deaths and widespread mayhem explain continuously blame the apartment government for the in justices of the past? sanele@seri-sa.org how they nearly brought South Africa to its knees. 1994 is a chilling look at what these hard men did to thwart 011 356 5860 democracy and how they have made an uneasy peace with the 'Rainbow Nation' in their own different ways.
Sunbox Films 40 - 50 people at a time SUGGESTED QUESTIONS FOR AUDIENCE FACILITATION: SYNOPSIS In August 2012, mineworkers in one of South Africa's How does the film deconstruct pre- biggest platinum mines began a strike for better conceived notions of a worker’s place in wages. Six days into the protests, the police used society? live ammunition to brutally suppress it, killing 34 and What are some of the new ways that we injuring many more. In August 2012, mineworkers in understand the Marikana massacre as one of South Africa’s biggest platinum mines well as the mining sector by following the began a wildcat strike for better wages. Six days film story? into the strike, the police used live ammunition to brutally suppress the strike, killing 34 and injuring How has government and Lonmin Mine many more.The police insisted that they shot in self- worked to appease the people of defense. Miners Shot Down tells a different story, Marikana? one that unfolds in real time over seven days, like a Are miners/workers respected in our ticking time bomb. communities? Are workers rights for men and women the Showing this film is not to highlight a political same? Should they be? agenda but do unpack the atrocity and how it has Miners Shot Down How can we make mining corporations affected South Africa. more responsible for the communities Directed by Rehad Desai they extract labour from? NO UNDER 16 What is the role of documentary film in Languages: English activism? Whats does this film stir up in you as an audience member? Workers Rights Themes Has there been any socio-economic transformation in Marikana since the slaying of the miners -Have the community members and ORGANISATION Lawyers for Human Rights JHB: (011) 339 1960 —————————— families of the slain mineworkers been given a platform to gain closure? DOING WORK ON (LHR): Musina: How can the South African public better +27 (15) 534 2203 engage government to take more IMPROVING LHR is an independent human rights organisation with over 35 years of human rights activism and public interest litigation in South Africa. The —————————— accountability for the Marikana Massacre organisation uses the law as a positive instrument for change and to now that Cyril Ramaphosa is president? PTA: (012) 320 2943 WORKER’S deepen the democratisation of South African society. It provides free legal services to vulnerable, marginalised and indigent individuals and communities, both non- national and South African victims of unlawful —————————— RIGHTS: KZN: 031 301 0531 infringements of their constitutional rights.
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