Le Joburg Film Festival met en lumière le conflit entre l’art et la censure

Le Joburg Film Festival aborde les tensions entre la liberté artistique et la censure étatique à travers des discussions et des films. La réalisatrice Arya Lalloo anime une conversation avec l’artiste Gabrielle Goliath sur The Voice of Hind Rajab. L’événement fait suite au retrait de soutien du ministre Gayton McKenzie à l’œuvre de Goliath en raison de références palestiniennes.

Le Joburg Film Festival, qui entre dans sa 8e année, se déroule du 3 au 8 mars dans divers lieux dont le Sandton Theatre On The Square, The Bioscope, The Forge, Artistry et Nu Metro. Les billets coûtent de R50 à R200 par film, disponibles sur Webtickets. Le thème, Feel the Frame, célèbre le récit audacieux africain et mondial comme un voyage sensoriel et émotionnel.  nnCette année, le festival prend un tournant politique au milieu des débats sur l’art, l’activisme et la surveillance gouvernementale. Il propose une conversation animée par la réalisatrice Arya Lalloo avec l’artiste Gabrielle Goliath sur The Voice of Hind Rajab. La discussion met en lumière les frictions suite à la décision du ministre des Sports, des Arts et de la Culture Gayton McKenzie de retirer son soutien à la performance Elegy de Goliath, qui inclut des références palestiniennes.  nnLe festival se positionne au centre des conversations nationales sur la censure. Les projections et événements reflètent des enjeux sociaux pressants à travers des films novateurs. Les détails sont disponibles sur www.joburgfilmfestival.co.za.  nnD’autres événements du week-end à Johannesburg incluent le Johannesburg Festival of Women Writers les 7 et 8 mars au Joburg Theatre, gratuit sur réservation, avec la conférencière principale Petina Gappah. Le Family Music Fest a lieu le 7 mars au St John’s College, avec des performances de DJ Kent, Louise Carver et Vusi Nova.

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