Busiswa’s documentary to debut at Africa Rising International Film Festival next week

If you’ve ever wondered about the origins of one of Africa’s biggest Gqom sensations, Busiswa Gqulu, you’re about to have all your questions answered when Busiswa: An Unbreakable Story debuts at Africa Rising International Film Festival next week.

Busiswa: An Unbreakable Story is a Can Do! film directed by Fred Kayembe and Vaughn Thiel that promises to take us on a journey back in time to explore the complex conditions that thrust a modest young girl from Umtata into the spotlight as a boisterous voice that reverberates through our speakers alongside Beyonce Knowles on The Gift.

This grungy Pineappletop Films production, produced by ‘The Kollektive’ explores modern ideas of independence, femininity, and identity through Busiswa’s remarkable story.

The Africa Rising International Film Festival recently announced Busiswa: An Unbreakable Story as the inaugural film that will kick off this year’s proceedings, on November 27 2019.

“The focus of the Africa Rising International Film Festival this year is inclusion. With that said, we are thrilled to have a story about a powerful woman, who is changing the game in more ways than one, lead our opening night,” said the festival’s Ayanda Sithebe in a statement.

The four-day program will include The Chi’s creator and coveted writer Lena Waithe’s dynamic thrilling feature Queen & Slim, starring Black Panther’s Daniel Kaluuya.

Described as the “modern-day Bonnie and Clyde”, the film is directed by Melina Matsoukas, best known for her work on Beyonce’s culture-defining visual Formation. Queen & Slim is due for American release on the opening night of the Africa Rising International Film Festival.

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(Compiled by Kaunda Selisho)

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