Come see the bioscope

Come see the bioscope (1994)

History

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.

Director: Lance Gewer
Writer: Catharina Weinek

Casts

	Ernest Ndhlovu as Sol Plaatje
	Simanga Nhlapo as Mmusi
	Deborah Ramokagdi as Mma Salepo
	Abdul Sadek as Mohammed

Crew