Mama Goema :: SA Première | Encounters Film Festival 2011

“If you take a pinch of Khoi-San lament, a dash of Malay spice, a measure of European orchestral, a splash of Xhosa spiritual, the clash of marching bands, the pizzazz of the Klopse, a driving primal beat and a lot of humour and musical virtuosity, what do you get? Goema, Goema, Goema! Weaving together the ancient, the traditional and the classical into the distinctive sound of Cape Town, Mac McKenzie, musical mastermind and founder of The Genuines and The Goema Captains of Cape Town, puts the final touches on the culmination of his life’s work: “Goema Symphony No. 1.” Musicians Hilton Schilder, Ernestine Deane and Kyle Shepherd add context while The Cape Town Goema Orchestra rehearses for its première performance at the SABC Studios Auditorium.”

Encounters South African International Documentary Film Festival
Cape Town & Johannesburg | June 2011

ONLINE BOOKINGS:
Mama Goema (60min) screens with Eddie Edwards’ Once Upon a Day: Brenda Fassie (30min).

CAPE TOWN
- Saturday 11 June 2011 @ 20:15 – V&A Nu Metro *
- Saturday 25 June 2011 @ 20:00 – V&A Nu Metro *
- Sunday 26 June 2011 @ 14:00 (Extra screening by public demand) – V&A Nu Metro *
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JOHANNESBURG
- Saturday 18 June 2011 @ 18.00 – Hyde Park Nu Metro
- Friday 24 June 2011 @ 20:00 – The Bioscope

* Filmmakers in attendance