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Aba Twana be Thongo:The tone poem

Having grown up in the northern surburbs of Johannesburg filmmaker A.R. Madlanga moves to Taiwan, Khayelitsha- a township on the periphery of Cape Town. His sheltered upbringing is brought into question when confronted by the violence bubbling under South Africa. Aba Twana be Thongo: The Tone Poem is a reflection on A.R. Madlanga's first year in Taiwan, a psychedelic look at violent state his soul is now stranded in.

  • A.R. Madlanga
    Director
  • A.R. Madlanga
    Writer
  • A.R. Madlanga
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Experimental
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 49 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 29, 2019
  • Country of Origin:
    South Africa
  • Country of Filming:
    South Africa
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - A.R. Madlanga

A.R. Madlanga is an independent filmmaker born in Sterkspruit,
Eastern Cape. In 2019 he was awarded a scholarship to study
Cinematography for content creation at ORMS Cape Town School of
Photography, since completing his studies he has made various
independent experimental short films that have garnered acclaim at
various local and international film festivals such as the OBS-cene film
festival in Cape Town, Athens International Monthly Art Awards Film
Festival, Lift Off Global Network, Cooper awards and V.I.Z film fest
in the Ukraine . His unique approach to developing his film ideas
through photography and painting has also seen him exhibit his proof
of concepts at the 2022 Latent group exhibition at ORMS CTSP, Radical
Hospitality at the Bertha House in 2023 and most recently
at the RMB Talent unlocked programme. Heavily influenced by the late
1960s-70s Hollywood New Hollywood movement and the works of Russian auteur
Andrei Tarkovsky, he is continuously pushing to see how far he can
take experimental cinema, while making it more accessible.

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