FILM
ARTS FOR LIFESKILLS
In July the Visual Voice Film Museum Project will hold an exhibition covering the history of film and video over
the past 101 years. The exhibition will include a mini-film festival and work-shops for aspirant filmmakers.
The event will launch a fund-raising drive for money to acquire a building to house the museum of "moving images"
which will include an educational facility linking film production to "entertainment with a purpose". Also proposed is a community
computer centre with Inter-net facilities allowing members to access international data banks for information.
The project aims to encourage the making of meaningful feature films in KZN and to develop lifeskills through the
film-making process.
Anyone interested in attending the workshops or donating equipment to the museum can contact: Cinematic City,
BAT Resource Centre, 45 Maritime Place, Small Craft Harbour or Tel/fax: 368-5603, E-mail: Bat@Lia.Co.Za
LE BALLON D'OR
The BAT Centre presents the African Film Series in conjunction with the Film Resource Unit. The fourth film to
be screened in this series on May 26 at 17h00 is Le Ballon D'Or made in Zaire and directed by Cheik Doukoure.
It is described as a vibrant and colourful film about a young boy's journey from the local soccer star to a prestigious
French soccer club.
Tickets at R5 from the resource centre.
MAY MOVIES
M-Net's May movie line-up sees Oscar winners Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones joining forces in the powerful
legal thriller, The Client, based on the best-seller by Michael Crichton.
Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon and David Strathairn do battle with the elements in The River Wild.
Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone and James Woods try to outwit each other in The Specialist.
There's No Escape stars Ray Liotta, Lance Henrikson and Ernie Hudson as prisoners of the future
left to fend for themselves on a hostile island.
SORCERER
The Chase
features Charlie Sheen, Kristy Swanson and Henry Rollins while in The
Highlander III: The Sorcerer Christopher Lambert once again does battle with the forces of evil.
The up-market movies of the month include Barton Fink from the Coen Brothers starring John
Turturro, John Goodman and Judy Davis and The Snapper, based on the book by Roddy Doyle (he also wrote
The Commitments).
MUSICAL
England my England
is a musical starring Simon Callow, Michael Ball and Rebecca Front. The
superb drama, The Browning Version, tells of a British school teacher whose seemingly tragic life is saved by a
pupil. The films stars Albert Finney and Greta Scacchi. American Heart is a powerful family drama marking the
directional dŠbut of Jeff Bridges.
True life dramas include The OJ Simpson Story, While Justice Sleeps with Cybill
Shepherd and Tim Matheson and The Disappearance of Vonnie with Joe Penny and Ann Jillian.
TEKWENI NOMINATION
Durban cameraman, Anton Herrington of Tekweni Television Productions has been nominated for an Artes Award
for his camerawork in a documentary on the Seychelles screened last year on 50/50.
The documentary won a merit award for director Sandra Herrington at the 1995 Unesco International Environmental
Film and Video Festival and picked up a Gold award in the 1995 regional NTVA award ceremony last year.
Two of Tekweni's ecotourism documen-taries have already been screened on Channel 3 with more to come!