1990, South Africa, Soweto, Gibson Kente, playwright, Father of Black Theatre, How Long

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About The Film
Filmed in Soweto, 5 August, 1990. Unedited interview with Gibson Kente, a South African playwright, composer, director and producer based in Soweto. He was known as the Father of Black Theatre in South Africa and was one of the first writers to deal with life in the South African Black townships. Kente wrote the musical Sikalo and the plays Manana, the Jazz Prophet. Three of his plays, How Long, I Believe and Too Late were banned by the apartheid government. In this interview, Kente talks about his productions being banned and more. Part of a series of unedited interviews with South African (and some American) writers, journalists and activists made in the late ‘80s, discussing the subject of censorship, films, journalism and more.

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Villon Films has been independently producing and distributing award-winning films since 1970. With a strong focus on socio-political documentary, the collection spans such issues as government, history, ecology, culture, health and science, biography, and the apartheid period of South African history, among others.

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