Name: Mapantsula - the first anti-apartheid film!
Start: 2024-07-31T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-08-01T21:00:00-04:00
Location: Brooklyn Academy of Music, 30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217

**FRI, JUL 26 - THU, AUG 1**

**'Mapantsula' by Oliver Schmitz**

Mapantsula was the first anti-apartheid feature film by, for and about black South Africans. Filmed inside Soweto, scored to the urban beat of "Township Jive," it has been called a South African The Harder They Come. Mapantsula tells the story of Panic, a petty gangster who inevitably becomes caught up in the growing anti-apartheid struggle and has to choose between individual gain and a united stand against the system. This film will give viewers an insider's tour of township life and a foretaste of the vibrant popular cinema promised by the new, democratic South Africa.
**Q&A with director Oliver Schmitz following the 7pm screenings on July 26 and 27!**

* [Tue, Jul 30 at 9:30PM](https://tickets.bam.org/reserve/index.aspx?performanceNumber=43036)
* [Wed, Jul 31 at 4:30PM](https://tickets.bam.org/reserve/index.aspx?performanceNumber=43037)
* [Wed, Jul 31 at 7PM](https://tickets.bam.org/reserve/index.aspx?performanceNumber=43038)
* [Wed, Jul 31 at 9:30PM](https://tickets.bam.org/reserve/index.aspx?performanceNumber=43039)
* [Thu, Aug 1 at 4:30PM](https://tickets.bam.org/reserve/index.aspx?performanceNumber=43040)
* [Thu, Aug 1 at 7PM](https://tickets.bam.org/reserve/index.aspx?performanceNumber=43041)
* [Thu, Aug 1 at 9:30PM](https://tickets.bam.org/reserve/index.aspx?performanceNumber=43042)
* [Fri, Aug 2 at 2PM](https://tickets.bam.org/reserve/index.aspx?performanceNumber=44284)
* [Fri, Aug 2 at 6:40PM](https://tickets.bam.org/reserve/index.aspx?performanceNumber=44285)
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* African Film Festival's community can enjoy 25% off tickets at checkout with promo code **'PANIC'.**

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