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LEGACY: THE DE-COLONIZED HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA
Tara Moore, South Africa, 2024, 106 min, English
18 JULY 19:30 SUNCOAST 1 22 JULY 19:45 GATEWAY 9
Apartheid was dismantled in 1994, but today, South Africa remains the most unequal country in the world. Filmmaker, Tara Moore, illuminates why this is so, by connecting present-day inequalities to their historical roots. She tackles the question of accountability amongst people with historical privilege. In a refreshingly honest confession, the grandson of the ‘Architect of Apartheid’ discloses how he grapples with his legacy and the work he is doing to counter it.
Luther: Never Too Much,” the documentary film, chronicles the story of a vocal virtuoso. Using a wealth of rarely seen archives, Luther tells his own story with assistance from his closest friends and musical collaborators including Mariah Carey, Dionne Warwick, Valerie Simpson and Roberta Flack. The film relives the many stunning moments of Luther’s musical career, while exploring his unrequited love life, health struggles, and a lifelong battle to earn the respect his music deserved.
Where do we draw the line between love and devotion? An intimate and haunting portrayal of a quest for love and acceptance at any cost, Q depicts the insidious influence of a secretive matriarchal religious order in Lebanon on three generations of women in the Chehab family. Jude Chehab documents the unspoken ties and consequences of loyalty that have bonded her mother, grandmother, and herself to the mysterious organization. A masterful portrait of the toll that decades of unrequited love, lost hope, abuse, and despair take on a person, this is a multigenerational tale of the eternal search for meaning.
LUTHER: NEVER TOO MUCH
Dawn Porter, United States, 2024, 101 min, English
21 JULY 15:30 SUNCOAST 7 28 JULY 15:30 GATEWAY 8
Q
Jude Chehab, United States, Lebanon, 2023, 92 min, Arabic, English with English subtitles
21 JULY 14:15 GATEWAY 9 26 JULY 17:30 SUNCOAST 7
45TH DURBAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 33