Back of the Moon, an impressive SA production screened in the unique Egrek cinema
The stylish gangster tale set in Sophiatown in 1958 and directed by Angus Gibson has found an apt home for previewing in Johannesburg’s new high-end, independent cinema
19 July 2019 - 05:09
When the credits roll after a tense new gangster movie starring SA at its savage worst, it’s a relief to emerge in a plush cinema in the upmarket suburb of Parkhurst.
Previewing the locally made film Back of the Moon in the new Egrek cinema was a stark illustration of the different worlds that still uneasily divide SA. You can pretend the world of racism, gangsters, knives and poverty you’ve just witnessed no longer exists, and that life’s most pressing problem now is how to keep an independent cinema afloat...
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