Guerilla film: „Threnody for the victims of Marikana“ by Aryan Kaganof

Film “Threnody for the victims of Marikana” by Aryan Kaganof was screened in 2014 in CZKD Cinema, and around the world, getting recognition for its achievements. The film “kidnapped” and brought the alienated academic discourse to the place of the massacre of the rebelled South-African miners which took place in 2012, and in that process he named this murder a ritual, shedding light onto the social truth of the “new democracy”, using the experience of remix poetics in dismantling the imperial social, media and cultural mechanisms. We will have an online introduction with the author, moderated by Aleksandra Sekulić, followed by the screening.

THRENODY FOR THE VICTIMS OF MARIKANA
Aryan Kaganof
South Africa 2014, 26 min 30 sec, colour

Aryan Kaganof is a project of African Noise Foundation.

A theorization of Marikana massacre as a ritual murder, a sacrifice on the altar of capitalism in the freshly ground democracy of the “new south Africa”. Film got a special mention at Oberhausen Short Film Festival 2014.

CZKD Cinema aims to open the space of the critical film practices without subduing to the imperative of sustainability of cultural industries.  We evoke a specific tradition of film experience, film production and education with respect for all participants and elements of film process.which was cherished in cinema clubs and this practice has affected the entire film culture. 

Photo: Srđan Veljović (CZKD Cinema, 2014)