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THE YES MEN ARE REVOLTINGLaura Nix, Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno,United States of America, 201418 July 16:00 Musgrave 5; 19 July 18:00Ekhaya; 20 July 16:15 ElangeniFor the last 20 years, notorious activists, The Yes Men, have staged outrageous andhilarious hoaxes to draw international attention to corporate crimes against humanityand the environment. Armed with thrift-store suits and a lack of shame, these iconoclasticrevolutionaries expose the dangers of letting greed run our world. In their third cinematicouting, The Yes Man are well into their 40s and their mid-life crises are threatening to drivethem out of activism forever. African PremiereEnglish, 131 minTHEY WILL HAVE TO KILL US FIRSTJohanna Schwartz, United Kingdom, 2015 20 July 20:00 Suncoast 6; 25 July 11:00Musgrave 6; 26 July 15:00 EkhayaMusic is the beating heart of the Malian culture, but when Islamic jihadists took control ofnorthern Mali in 2012, they enforced one of the harshest interpretations of sharia law inhistory: they banned all forms of music. Radio stations were destroyed, instruments burnedand Mali’s musicians faced torture, even death. Overnight, Malian’s revered musicians wereforced into hiding or exile where most remain, even now. They Will Have to Kill Us First followsour characters as they set up and perform at the first public concert in Timbuktu since themusic ban. African PremiereFrench, Tamashek, Songhai, English with English subtitles, 110 minTO BE A CHAMPIONKevin Harris, South Africa, 2015,22 July 20:30 Supernova;25 July 15:00 EkhayaTo be a Champion is the lifestory of 28-year-old S'manga Khumalo – the 'homeboy' fromKwaMashu Township outside Durban. The film details how he became the first black jockeyin South Africa to take the National Jockey Championship during the 2013/14 racing season.World PremiereEnglish, 47 min36th Durban International Film Festival89