Come see the bioscope

Come see the bioscope — Plot

Sol Plaatje was a politician, novelist, historian, musician, translator of Shakespeare into vernacular language, and founder member of what was to become the African National Congress. In 1924, a visionary South African, Sol Plaatje, set out to bring the wonders of cinema to the community. Brandishing a few educational 16mm films under his arm, Plaatje arrives in a dusty, Blacks-only township in the Western Transvaal. He is looking for a venue which can be set up as a bioscope. Things do not seem promising, but Plaatje is first befriended by a helpful young boy. And then, despite prevailing apartheid obstacles, a room is found. The township community is excited and set to be overawed by the new celluloid world about to unfold before them.

• Release date
• February 4, 1994
• Runtime
• 26 min
• Genres
• History
• Director
• Lance Gewer

Come see the bioscope — Cast

Ernest Ndhlovu Sol Plaatje

S

Simanga Nhlapo Mmusi

D

Deborah Ramokagdi Mma Salepo

A

Abdul Sadek Mohammed