The Santa Fe Film Festival Presents:<\/p>\n
A Limited Run of Lionel Rogosin’s 1959\u00a0 film One Week Only!<\/p>\n Join us Opening Day Santa Fe Film Festival Chairman Jason Suttle will introduce Peter Grendle, manager of The Screen, who will be on hand to offer insights on the film’s historical context and artistic importance.<\/p>\n \u201cA heroic film\u2026 a film of terrible beauty, of the ongoing life it captured and of the spirit embodied by Rogosin and his fellow artists.\u201d \u00a0\u2014Martin Scorsese<\/p>\n The Santa Fe Film Festival presents Lionel Rogosin\u2019s 1959 secretly filmed\u00a0Come Back Africa,\u00a0<\/em>a truly seminal work which pulls \u00a0back the curtain on the harsh reality of life under the now-abolished South African apartheid government.<\/p>\n Apartheid rule, a legal system of separation according to race, began in South Africa in 1948. This system forced black South Africans\u2014who composed a majority of the public\u2019s population\u2014into crowded slums where they received poorer public services than those provided to the white minority. Before beginning the production of\u00a0Come Back, Africa<\/em>, Rogosin spent several months touring Africa, becoming accustomed to the way of life in South Africa and acquiring a sense of the apartheid government\u2019s sensitivity to anti-government \u201cconspiracies\u201d\u2013such as the very film he wished to create.<\/p>\n A jarring view of a largely concealed environment of injustice,\u00a0Come Back, Africa<\/em>\u00a0honestly and sincerely captures images of the long faces of a people oppressed. Casting occurred before the script for the movie was written; the script itself was a vague sketch of plot points which the actors added to with their own dialogue, to make the film a more authentic representation of the living conditions of the time.<\/p>\n Taking its name from the title of an African National Congress slogan,\u00a0Come Back, Africa<\/em>premiered at the Venice Film Festival where it won the Critics Award. Milestone is releasing this historic film both theatrically and, after its initial run, on DVD and Blu-Ray.<\/p>\n Come Back, Africa – A Film by Lionel Rogosin (Official Trailer)<\/a><\/p>\n
\nCome Back, Africa<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSaturday, June 23 at 2 PM @ The Screen<\/p>\n