{"id":5321,"date":"2019-11-25T14:09:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T12:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/?p=5321"},"modified":"2019-11-25T14:09:53","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T12:09:53","slug":"busiswa-an-unbreakable-story-to-premiere-at-africa-rising-international-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/2019\/11\/25\/busiswa-an-unbreakable-story-to-premiere-at-africa-rising-international-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Busiswa: An Unbreakable Story&#8217; to premiere at Africa Rising International Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Avenir Next,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">Boasting a marquee career that includes countless global anthems, a cult-like following across the continent, tours and a handful of accolades, musician Busiswa Gqulu\u2019s story is set to shake the world with the premiere of her powerful biographical documentary.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #15171f; font-family: Avenir Next,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #15171f; font-family: Avenir Next,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">Narrated by Her Majesty herself, \u2018<\/span><span style=\"color: #15171f; font-family: Avenir Next,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><b><i>Busiswa: An Unbreakable Story\u2019<\/i><\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #15171f; font-family: Avenir Next,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0takes the audience on a journey back in time and explores the complex conditions that thrust a modest young girl from Umtata into the boisterous voice that reverberates through our speakers alongside Beyonce Knowles on \u2018The Gift\u2019, in arguably one of the most important moments in modern music history.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #15171f; font-family: Avenir Next,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #15171f; font-family: Avenir Next,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">Directed by Fred Kayembe and Vaughn Thiel, this grungy Pineappletop Films production, produced by &#8216;The Kollektive&#8217; explores modern ideas of independence, femininity and identity, through Busiswa\u2019s remarkable story. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #15171f; font-family: Avenir Next,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #15171f; font-family: Avenir Next,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">The\u00a0<b>Africa Rising International Film Festival<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #15171f; font-family: Avenir Next,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0has announced\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #15171f; font-family: Avenir Next,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><b><i>Busiswa: An Unbreakable Story<\/i><\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #15171f; font-family: Avenir Next,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0as the inaugural film at this year\u2019s proceedings, on<\/span><span style=\"color: #15171f; font-family: Avenir Next,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><b>\u00a027 November 2019.<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #15171f; font-family: Avenir Next,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><em><strong>Trailer:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ipR5fS9ggXE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Avenir Next,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">\u201cThe focus of the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #15171f; font-family: Avenir Next,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">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,\u201d says Ayanda Sithebe.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #15171f; font-family: Avenir Next,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #15171f; font-family: Avenir Next,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">The four-day program will include\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #15171f; font-family: Avenir Next,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sho.com\/the-chi\">The Chi<\/a>\u2019s<\/i><\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #15171f; font-family: Avenir Next,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #15171f; font-family: Avenir Next,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">creator and coveted writer Lena Waithe\u2019s dynamic thrilling feature\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #15171f; font-family: Avenir Next,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.universalpictures.com\/movies\/queen-slim\">Queen &amp; Slim<\/a>,\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #15171f; font-family: Avenir Next,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">starring\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marvel.com\/movies\/black-panther\"><span style=\"color: #15171f; font-family: Avenir Next,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><b><i>Black Panther<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #15171f; font-family: Avenir Next,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">\u2019s<\/span><span style=\"color: #15171f; font-family: Avenir Next,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #15171f; font-family: Avenir Next,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">Daniel Kaluuya. Described as the \u201cmodern day Bonnie and Clyde\u201d the film is directed by Melina Matsoukas, best known for her work on Beyonce&#8217;s culture-defining visual\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #15171f; font-family: Avenir Next,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><i>Formation<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #15171f; font-family: Avenir Next,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Avenir Next,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #15171f; font-family: Avenir Next,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.universalpictures.com\/movies\/queen-slim\">Queen &amp; Slim<\/a>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #15171f; font-family: Avenir Next,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">is due for American release on the opening night of the\u00a0Africa Rising International Film Festival.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><em>For more updates from the Africa Rising International Festival, follow them on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ariff_festival\/\"> Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Avenir Book; font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boasting a marquee career that includes countless global anthems, a cult-like following across the continent, tours and a handful of accolades, musician Busiswa Gqulu\u2019s story is set to shake the world with the premiere of her powerful biographical documentary.\u00a0 \u00a0 Narrated by Her Majesty herself, \u2018Busiswa: An Unbreakable Story\u2019\u00a0takes the ...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5328,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[96],"tags":[262,263,264,261],"class_list":["post-5321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-busiswa-an-unbreakable-story","tag-busiswa-an-unbreakable-story-trailer","tag-busiswa-an-unbreakable-story-video","tag-busiswas-documentary"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/BUSISWA20AN20UNBREAKABLE20STORY20ART20WORK2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}