Come see the bioscope (1994)
26m
Running Time
February 4, 1994Release Date

Come see the bioscope (1994)
26m
Running Time
February 4, 1994Release Date
Plot.
Sol Plaatje was a politician, novelist, historian, musician, translator of Shakespeare into vernacular language, and founder member of what was to become the African National Congress. In 1924, a visionary South African, Sol Plaatje, set out to bring the wonders of cinema to the community. Brandishing a few educational 16mm films under his arm, Plaatje arrives in a dusty, Blacks-only township in the Western Transvaal. He is looking for a venue which can be set up as a bioscope. Things do not seem promising, but Plaatje is first befriended by a helpful young boy. And then, despite prevailing apartheid obstacles, a room is found. The township community is excited and set to be overawed by the new celluloid world about to unfold before them.
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Cast & Crew.

Ernest Ndhlovu
Sol Plaatje

Simanga Nhlapo
Mmusi

Deborah Ramokagdi
Mma Salepo

Abdul Sadek
Mohammed

Leon van der Merwe
Art Direction

Mark Newman
Line Producer

Kevin Montanari
Sound Recordist

Beverley Green
Production Manager

Lance Gewer
Director / Director of Photography

Lloyd Ross
Music

Didi Kriel
Music

Catharina Weinek
Screenplay
