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Black Documentary Filmmakers Wrestle With ‘Revisiting History,’ ‘Disruption’: We Need to Tell Stories of Those ‘Who Didn’t Have the Voice Before’
Black documentary filmmakers at the Joburg Film Festival talked about the need to 'revisit history' to give a voice to marginalized communities.
King was taking part in a panel discussion this week at the JBX market in Johannesburg alongside South African filmmakers Sara Chitambo-Hatira (“Black People Don’t Get Depressed”), Naledi Bogacwi (“Banned”) and Mmabatho Montsho (“Blood and Water”). The talk explored the ways in which the filmmakers tap into both personal and collective narratives to tell stories that challenge, subvert and upend dominant tropes — what Chitambo-Hatira described as “rewriting and documenting the truth of people who didn’t have the voice before.” While the events it depicts transpired half a century ago, Bogacwi connected the plight of “Joe Bullet” with the ongoing struggles of Black artists in South Africa’s creative community, pointing to recent court battles between local actors and broadcasters over royalty payments.
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