The curtains are opening once again for the highly successful Love Bombs Film Festival. In early August three locally produced short films premiered to a sold out crowd of 1300 movie goers, over 8 days, at the Labia on Orange, Cape Town. Canteen owner Harold said, “This is the busiest […]
Film & TV
Documentary on human trafficking in Nigeria enters new phase
The documentary Another Side of Life that looks into the evil of human trafficking in Benin City, Nigeria is entering a new phase of awareness creation says director Shane Vermooten. The first step was the premier at the Labia Theatre, Cape Town on August 17. The film is currently being […]
New reality TV series called “Becoming… Christian from Muslim”
Originally published in Assist News Service Reality television: can we possibly need more? Yes, according to Joseph Nassrallah, CEO of The Way TV (www.atvsat.com/en). He believes the world needs to know about when a Muslim becomes a Christian. This month The Way TV begins broadcasting a reality series on the […]
Show ‘Loving the Bad Man” for free at your church
Humble Pie Entertainment is offering 50 free church screening licenses until September 25 to churches who want to “share the power of forgiveness” by showing Loving the Bad Man as part of an outreach, social event or teaching. The movie, starring Steven Baldwin (The Usual Suspects), Christine Kelly (Salvation Boulevard), […]
Love bombs dropping in Cape Town
Love Bombs short films have been dropping and creating waves in Cape Town’s Labia theatre since last Thursday. Currently the Love Bombs comprise three different short films which highlight the message of God’s grace in a relevant and fresh way. The response has been overwhelming with most nights sold out. […]
67 seconds, 20 440 images, 1 legend
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University student Jonty Weitz created this unique inspirational video through the random addition and selective retainment of 20440 images. His topical techno-creativity was done as an honours project at the Department of Computing Sciences (Port Elizabeth, South Africa).
Premiere of film on Nigeria’s role in sex slavery
The harsh reality of human trafficking is exposed on screen in an hour long documentary made by Shane Vermooten in association with Media Village Productions. Vermooten captured the footage during a stay of nearly a month in Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria. During this time he faced questioning by military […]
Free Cape Town screening of powerful human trafficking documentary
“One of the most powerful, compelling and transformational documentaries ever made.” Movie Guide To mark National Women’s Day (Thursday, August 9), Christian Action will be screening a new documentary produced by Exodus Cry, on the global challenge of human trafficking and what we can do to prevent this modern day […]
Some really good laughter medicine
Movie Review by Andre Viljoen ANITA RENFROE: Purse-onality Genre: Stand-up Comedy I kinda feel that I shouldn’t be writing this review. But I watched the DVD with my wife, Val, and we chatted about it afterwards and she says its okay for me to do the review. So, why all […]
Free premiere screenings of Loving the Bad Man, FUEL
Moviegoers in various parts of South Africa are invited to free, premiere screenings of two notable new movies: Loving the Bad Man, a powerful Christian feature film about forgiveness and redemption; and FUEL, an entertaining and informative multi award-winning documentary that promotes green energy alternatives to oil. Loving the Bad […]