ENC: Children of War & Free Education (With Q&A)

The Bioscope is proud to welcome back The Encounters South African International Documentary Film Festival.

Tickets: R60

Children of War

Dir Nhlanhla Mthethwa | South Africa | 2017 | 49 minutes

A much-needed look at the chaotic years between 1991 and 1994 in the townships east of Johannesburg, Children of War reveals vital stories often left untold. We follow the lives of those who took up arms as young teenagers, to protect their once peaceful community. The film explores the insidious origins of the violence that seemed, for many involved, to appear from nowhere.

Free Education

Dir Michael van Niekerk | South Africa | 2017 | 40 minutes

This powerful short chronicles the events of the #FeesMustFall movement from the perspective of DUT student Bonginkosi Khanyile, who inadvertently became one of the movement’s significant faces after being arrested and detained for nearly six months. The film provides an incisive critique of the struggle for free, quality, decolonised education.