Special Screenings of: FOKOFPOLISIEKAR

To celebrate the release of new album by FOKOFPOLISIEKAR, The Bioscope is proud to bring this seminal and award-winning documentary about the band back onto the big screen.

Tickets: R50

FOKOFPOLISIEKAR: Forgive them for they know not what they do

105min

English / Afrikaans with English Subtitles

A South African documentary film about 5 young Afrikaans punk rockers that transformed a generation during a unique time in history; in one of the most reluctantly complex and evolving societies of the 21^st century.

In 2003 an Afrikaans punk band was a laughable idea. Many thought the name crazy; and then the music came and many were enraged- publicly protesting “die bende” (the gang) who had the strenght of their own voice and the desire to question.  In a place where passion and brandy meet  many thousands became fans for life.

The film follows the story of the band over 4 years as they forge a place for themselves and their fans in a new South Africa; in the process challenging the stigmas and expectations placed on them by their Afrikaner heritage, the church and tradition.

Through the contraversy and chaos, FOKOFPOLISIEKAR rose above their detractors and initiated a change in how the media perceived them and portrayed them. Through the death threats and Christian backlash they stood tall- sentries for the right to identity, freedom of thought, and the raw and often unseemly right to express one’s own truth.

They unleashed a debate in the nation’s Afrikaans community that sought finally to heal the wound or at the very least to acknowledge it.

FOKOFPOLISIEKAR is a story of courage, passion and belief that reverberated through the minds and hearts of their fans- a story that transcends language and culture; bravely faces  a truth…that most would’ve left in darkness.