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PARTICIPANTS
Cycle 2009
UHURU PRODUCTIONS REHAD DESAI
THE BATTLE OF JOHANNESBURG
DIRECTOR : REHAD DESAI
The central organising question of the documentary is ‘Do the poor have a place in the new
Johannesburg’. Johannesburg has gone from economic bust to boom since the advent of democracy.
In the run up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the poor are being driven out, the city metro find
themselves hostage to the power of real estate capital, but the poor fight resist with often violent
means. The Battle of Johannesburg looks at how big money is refashioning the city in their own
image more often than not at the end of a barrel of a gun. The are poor resisting sometimes with
their own firepower. We show how the 2010 World Cup plays into it all.
La question centrale de ce documentaire est la suivante: les pauvres ont-ils une place dans la
nouvelle ville de Johannesbourg? Depuis l'avènement de la démocratie en Afrique du Sud, la ville de
Johannesbourg est sortie de la faillite économique et est désormais en plein essor. Depuis le début
des préparatifs de la Coupe du Monde de football 2010, les pauvres ont été écartés de la ville. La
ville est prise en hotage par le pouvoir du capital immobilier, mais les pauvres résistent en utilisant
des moyens souvent violents. The Battle of Johannesbourg examine la manière dont l'argent
redessine la ville à son image, le plus souvent par la menace. Cependant, les pauvres résistent,
parfois à l'aide de leurs propres armes. Nous expliquons la place que la Coupe du Monde de football
2010 occupe dans ce combat.
BIOFILMOGRAPHY
Rehad Desai completed a history degree at the University of Zimbabwe where he lived for three
years. In 1996 Rehad entered the TV and film industry as a Producer/Director and has since focused
much of his energy on documentary productions, much of which has received critical acclaim. In
1997 he completed his Masters Degree in Social History at the University of the Witwatersrand. In
2000 he completed a postgraduate degree in TV and film producing through AVEA. He currently runs
Uhuru Productions a film and TV company producing documentary and drama work.
2007 : BHAMBATHA: WAR OF THE HEADS 1906 - 72 min. Producer/Director
2006 : BUSHMANS SECRET - 52 and 65 min. Producer/ Director.
2004 : BORN INTO STRUGGLE – Producer/Director 52 and 74 min
VIDES FILMU STUDIJA AIJA BERZINA
PALAVANI
DIRECTOR : TEMUR TSAVA
In Georgia, little is taken as seriously as wrestling. This little country keeps producing an astonishing
number of World and Olympic Champions and medallists in all major wrestling disciplines. Many of
them come from the tradition of the folk wrestling style known as Chidaoba. Chidaoba is more than
just the national sport. It is Georgian culture, Georgian lifestyle and, for many, it’s even Georgian
religion. For centuries, this folk wrestling tradition has been characterized by a strictly respectful and
gentlemanlike attitude towards the rival wrestler. But it’s all changing now. When the Georgian
Orthodox Church bans the centuries-old tradition of holding folk wrestling tournaments in church
yards, Shakro, a veteran wrestler, thinks the Church has gone too far. He sets out to raise support for
a plea to the Patriarch to cancel the ban.
En Géorgie peu de choses sont autant prises au sérieux que la lutte. Ce petit pays a toujours produit
un nombre étonnant de champions du monde, de champions olympiques ainsi que des médaillés
dans toutes les grandes disciplines de la lutte. Beaucoup d’entre eux sont issus de la tradition de la
lutte folklorique connue sous le nom de Chidaoba.
Chidaoba est beaucoup plus qu’un simple sport national. C’est la culture, le mode de vie et pour une
grande partie, c’est même la religion géorgienne. Pendant des siècles, ce style folklorique de lutte
est caractérisé par une attitude respectueuse et cavalière à l'égard des lutteurs rivaux. Mais tout
change... Quand l’Église orthodoxe de Géorgie bannit la tradition séculaire d’organiser les tournois
de lutte folklorique dans les jardins de l’église, Shakro – un lutteur vétéran, décide que l’église est
allée trop loin. Il recueille le soutien du Patriarche pour qu’il annule le bannissement.
BIOFILMOGRAPHY
Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, 1954. Temur Tsava graduated from the Georgian Shota Rustaveli State
Institute of Drama and Film (S.Chkhaidze and V. Khotivari class) with a film director Bachelor in
1982. In 2004 Temur Tsava created his own independent production company PALESTRA. He has
been making fiction films and documentaries since 1976. Alongside with making films Temur Tsava
is a renowned professor at Ivane Javaxishvili Tbilisi State University where he teaches a course for
young filmmakers.
LENGTH : 90 MIN
LENGTH : 52 MIN