Author: Ewang Johnson
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 9 September 2025/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Africa Re-Union, a landmark artistic initiative, is to be unveiled at the FNB Art Joburg, transforming the fair into a stage of reclamation and imagination, where art became manifesto and memory became movement. It reverses the context of the infamous 1884 Berlin Conference — where Africa was carved and divided without consent — by restoring the continent as author of its own story and architect of its own destiny. Conceived and co-created by pan-African thinker and founder of Brand Africa, Thebe Ikalafeng, realised on canvas by South African artist Mark…
From the heart of California’s infernos to the front lines of the climate crisis, photographer Josh Edelson has spent 10 years capturing the raw reality of wildfire destruction. His haunting images, showcased at the “Visa pour l’Image” photojournalism festival in southern France, reveal the human stories behind the flames – stories that resonate deeply as Europe faces its own devastating blazes. Source link
The importance of music”We found that when we were working on it that we could keep going faster and faster because of the cocaine-induced state that he is in,” Schoonmaker said on the BBC’s Film Programme in 2017. “We started jump-cutting shots to give the jagged feeling of what’s going on in his brain. Marty, of course, had thought out very carefully all the framing and camera moves on the shots. There is not much improvisation there, but he had very clear ideas how to give the paranoid feeling.”The music Scorsese used was key. He set himself a rule that…
Music has always had the power to move people—but what happens when melodies become a movement? Music for Water is answering that question by uniting artistry with activism to address one of the world’s most urgent needs: access to clean water. At its core, Music for Water is more than a campaign. It is a movement that blends the universal language of music with the pressing fight for clean water, sanitation, and hygiene in underserved communities. The flagship single, “We Are The Leaders for Clean Water,” is both an anthem and a call-to-action. It seeks not only support but engagement—inviting…
“The fear of loss is a path to the dark side.”–YodaGalactic MythStar Wars is like many things, but nothing is quite like Star Wars. With its vast and varied influences and source materials, and with its lived-in and gritty texture, Star Wars is now a worldwide cultural phenomenon—and for good reason. It is one of the few contemporary attempts at mythopoeia, or mythmaking. More than a simple blockbuster popcorn flick, it is an attempt at truly grand storytelling in a transportative way. Star Wars’ success was not a fluke—it worked for very specific reasons. It resonated with the world at…
This week on arts24, FRANCE 24’s Jennifer Ben Brahim welcomes French singer-songwriter Jehnny Beth. The founder of UK band Savages collaborated with big names such as Idles and Depeche Mode before making her debut as an actress. She is now back with a second album, “You Heartbreaker, You”, five years after the release of her first solo album. Source link
At this year’s Venice Film Festival, no film has been more talked about than this latest project from Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania, which recounts the heart-shattering story of a six-year-old girl killed in Gaza, and received a record 23-minute standing ovation at the festival this week.It isn’t uncommon to hear cheers or boos at the end of a film festival screening, but when The Voice of Hind Rajab was shown to journalists and industry professionals at the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday, some far rarer sounds were heard. People were crying. Some of them were sobbing noisily, some were…
By Robert Erasmus, Managing Director at Sanitech South Africa’s water crisis is no longer looming. It is already here. Ageing infrastructure, rising pollution levels and increasing demand are converging to create a national emergency. Clean, safe water is critical not just for public health but for economic development and social stability. To move forward, water treatment must become part of a broader infrastructure renewal agenda. This includes decentralised solutions, private-sector innovation and long-term investment. The state of the system – infrastructure and quality in crisisMany South Africans still believe tap water is safe to drink. Yet according to the Department…
U.S. indie director Jim Jarmusch unexpectedly won the coveted Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday with “Father Mother Sister Brother”, a three-part meditation on the uneasy ties between parents and their adult children. Story by Liza Kaminov. Source link
Daniel Craig returns as Benoit Blanc and Josh O’Connor nearly steals the show in the “darkest” but also “most playful” instalment of the Knives Out franchise so far.Can anyone steal a Knives Out film from the great detective Benoit Blanc? As it turns out, yes, almost. The biggest revelation of Wake Up Dead Man, the third in Rian Johnson’s series of deliciously entertaining mysteries, is that Josh O’Connor, so great at drama, is also an excellent comic. He plays Father Jud Duplenticy, a former boxer turned priest, who as punishment for a violent outburst is sent from upstate New York…