Urban Transformations in Africa

Sunday 13 October 15h00:

Africa Shafted – Ingrid Martens, South Africa, 2011
Jonah – Kibwe Tavares, UK / Tanzania, 2013
discussion with Ingrid Martens, Kibwe Tavares, Lesley Lokko and Berend van der Lans.

Sunday 13 October 17h00:

Jerusalema – Ralph Ziman, South Africa, 2010

On Thursday 10 October, the 7th edition of the Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam will take off in film theatre LantarenVenster in Rotterdam. On Sunday 13 October, AFFR is programming, together with the Amsterdam Africa in the Picture film festival and African Architecture Matters, a series of films about current developments in African cities: Urban Transformations in Africa.

Africa Shafted is a revealing portrait of the inhabitants of Ponte Tower, the tallest building in the notorious district Hillbrow, Johannesburg. While standing in the elevator, they talk openly about their lives as African immigrants in South Africa. Jonah is an amazing animation film in which two youngsters in Zanzibar inadvertently photograph a gigantic fish, turning their town into a big tourist attraction. Jerusalema is a spectacular film based on the true life story of Lucky Kunene, who took over all the real estate in Hillbrow, Johannesburg in the nineties.

Directors Ingrid Martens and Kibwe Tavares will attend the screening. With the Ghaniain-English writer and architect Lesley Lokko and Berend van der Lans, co-founder of African Architecture Matters and AITP board member, they will discuss the consequences of migration, informal economy and self-regulation for the African city and the way in which film throws light on these themes.

program Urban Transformations in Africa AFFR2013
Films and discussion in English; please buy your tickets online at www.affr.nl