Film maker Zandi Tisani’s new 42-minute free online documentary takes a slick look at the birth of Joburg’s club culture and how this gave rise to some of the most unique sounds to come out of South Africa. The doccie takes us on a journey back to 1989
Art played a huge role in providing the masses with comfort, an escape as well as an enhanced voice in the struggle for freedom. This gave rise to a new culture of clubbing in Johannesburg. Red Bull has commissioned a highly skilled director to document this movement.Film maker Zandi Tisani’s new 42-minute online documentary, commissioned by Red Bull, takes a slick look at the birth of Joburg’s club culture and how this gave rise to some of the most unique sounds to come out of South Africa.
The doccie unpacks the differences between both beautifully – everything from pitch and tempo to techno’s lack of vocal use and harder-hitting sound to that of the groovier kwaito and House. The film’s director had the perfect motivation to tell this story. How many of us are aware of how rich the culture of art that proceeds us is? Tisani aims her lens at the past to let us know.
She says: “From the start, there was an agreement among everyone that this film should be as readily accessible as possible. We’ve always envisioned it as being part of the South African pop culture archive and that belongs to everyone.” “We were at a stage when there was nothing we had ownership of. We were selling imports and we didn’t think we were good enough. It was a dark moment musically for the youth and so we just tried. We didn’t know what we were doing,” he says.“It was great being in studio with some of the greats. We were unified in wanting to put a South African sound on the map.
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