Film Sceening: Siliva the Zulu - 01.11.14
Posted: Apr, 7th 2015
Presented by Afrika Eye Film Festival, in partnership with the University of Bristol, Screen Journal and Bristol Silents.
Afrika Eye presents a rare opportunity to see the remarkable silent film Siliva the Zulu (1927) with a unique live score performed by London-based Nigerian musician and composer Juwon Ogungbe. Made by the Italian explorer and filmmaker, Attilio Gatti, the film is a dramatised fictional narrative of romantic rivalry set within rural Zulu life and culture in the late 1920s.
Filmed on location in South Africa, Siliva the Zulu adopts documentary techniques to present impressions of everyday life, rituals, and beliefs.
Screening , Q&A and Roundtable Discussion
Dir: Attilio Gatti /
1 November 2014 at 8:30pm -
1 November 2014 at 9:30pm
Watershed, 1 Canon's Road, Harbourside, Bristol BS1 5TX
Price: £8 Full | £6.50 Concessions
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