Woman King Is Set in Benin but Filmed in South Africa - in the Process It Erases Real People's Struggles TC_Africa: Africa
against ignoring history in favour of crowd-pleasing storytelling. I would like to draw attention to the film's use of the African landscape, as Hollywood tells new stories while ignoring the struggles of the present.
I am a curator of African art in Kingston, Ontario. I arrived in Canada from Cape Town around the time The Woman King was being filmed in the coastal town ofin the Overstrand, where I'd lived with my family. I was struck by how the town was depicted. The film uses Kleinmond as the site of great battles that glorify Africa's history. But the town's actual history is one of struggle and the oppression of black people that lives on to this day. The Woman King shows a pristine version of Kleinmond, digitally altering the landscape to erase black lives and settlements.
Cheating one film location for another is common practice. Film infrastructure exists in the Western Cape and there are financial incentives that attract international film makers. Not only is the natural diversity of South Africa appealing, it's also marketable. But film locations in Africa are often used as a generic Hollywood backdrop or African cities are easily traded. For example,
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Africa: Activists Continue Fight Against Amazon's Africa HQ On Historic Cultural LandActivists fighting construction of the African headquarters of online retail giant Amazon will meet with lawyers Tuesday to plan their next move, after a court lifted an injunction that had temporarily blocked further work on the complex. The activists say the building site in South Africa has historic significance to local tribes. Supporters of the project say it will generate badly needed jobs and respect local sensitivities.
Read more »
Africa: Use of Death Penalty Declines in AfricaAs the World Congress Against the Death Penalty is underway in Berlin, many African countries are witnessing a fall in the number of state executions.
Read more »
7 Farm attacks in South Africa, 1 - 15 November 2022 - South Africa TodayIn the first fifteen days of November 2022, there were 7 farm attacks in South Africa. In October there were 13 farm attacks and 3 farm murders
Read more »
Africa Live: Ethiopian woman among seven executed in Kuwait - BBC NewsHundreds of young Congolese have volunteered to join the army to fight M23 rebels in eastern DRC following a call by President Felix Tshisekedi. Read more:
Read more »
South Africa: Woman Who Survived Mountain Fall Must Wait Six Weeks for OperationMakemiso Ramabitle is in severe pain but her nearest hospital in rural Eastern Cape does not have capacity to perform the necessary surgery
Read more »
South Africa is crumbling — and there are few engineers left to fix itSouth Africa’s infrastructure is at risk of failing, and an exodus of engineers at local government level is partially to blame.
Read more »