District Six Museum works with former residents from the area who were forcibly removed from their homes during apartheid. The Museum’s projects include reminiscence work, storytelling, craft, discussions and film screenings with discussions.
Surekha Singh, commissioning editor at SABC Education is proud to announce that District Six Museum will host various screenings of The Golden Years.
“The museum and some residents who saw the television series appreciated the stories so much because they can relate to the many scenarios. The three titles that grabbed their particular interest are the stories of Katrina Esau, Magrieta April (directed by Nadie Cloete) and Fatima Dike (directed by Esley Philander and produced by Elise Fernandez from Aurealism Pictures),” says Singh. “This series is very special to the SABC, the show which airs on SABC2 celebrates and shares stories of challenges about our solid gold citizens and pays tribute to their contribution in building our country.”
Bonita Bennett, director at District Six Museum, says, “The Golden Years will be screened at the museum’s ‘local day festival’ on Saturday, 8 August to commemorate National Women’s Day and at the next gathering of the elderly residents women’s brunch on Tuesday, 25 August to add repertoire and include the elderly people. In addition to this, the museum is co-hosting screenings as part of the Africa World Documentary Film Festival with UWC from Saturday, 1 to Friday, 7 August with the University of Missouri who are the main sponsors of the Festival; The Golden Years will be added as a ‘bonus day’ to the film festival so it is linked but is also the museum’s stand-alone tribute to the women of South Africa.”
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