This is the post-apartheid dream of filmmaker Lionel Ngkane, that African filmmakers gain a voice in global cinema, and South Africa be a vehicle for that voice. Comrades like Lionel, Djibril Diop Mambety, Jean Pierre Bekolo, never had these possibilities, and worked within the contradictions and limitations forced upon them. Revolution requires constantly looking forward, seeking the sustainable and decolonization of our creativity. Always, always, A Luta Continua, the struggle continues. Congratulations to them all…
Mandla Dube, director of Silverton Siege, Kalushi, the coming Netflix projects, Night of The Hunter, Shaka Zulu and the prize mythic historical project, Way of the Butterfly: Yasuke, an African Warrior in Japan
