Filmmakers Beyond Borders Present: Man On Ground (FREE SCREENING)

A bold and exacting portrayal of rising xenophobia in South Africa, Omotoso casts the story of a young Nigerian man living in the African refugee tenements of Johannesburg who disappears against the background of animosity against immigrants flaring into violent rioting”

Screening will be followed by discussion

Hosted by Filmmakers Beyond Borders

Purchase a "R20 Cafe Voucher" to reserve your seat for this screening. This will get you R20 off your Bioscope Cafe bill on this day.

Filmmakers Beyond Borders exists to build a lasting, visible network of filmmakers and allies committed to challenging anti-immigrant sentiments and xenophobia. We believe in the singular power of cinema to mirror and reveal complex social, cultural, and political truths. As a “slow medium” film resists the immediacy of news cycles, offering space to counter narratives that dehumanise immigrants, to amplify the voices and stories of the marginalised, and to advance an intersectional, Pan-Africanist vision of solidarity across the continent.