Aryan Kaganof

Aryan Kaganof (1964- ) is a South African film maker, novelist, poet and fine artist.

Biography

Born as Ian Kerkhof in 1964,

In 1999 he changed his name to Aryan Kaganof.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

His films include:

• An Inconsolable Memory, Kaganof's 2013 documentary on The EOAN Group Book Project, an initiative to collect the forgotten history of a set of "coloured" performers from Cape Town's District Six who performed Italian opera to mixed audiences during and after apartheid;

• Night is Coming: A Threnody for the Victims of Marikana, an examination of past and current South African culture through the lens of the 2012 strikes in the Rustenburg area of Marikana, South Africa (unrest that resulted in the deaths of 48 people, most of whom were striking miners, in the single most lethal use of force by South African security forces against civilians since the Sharpeville Massacre of 1960);

• Blues and Holy Ghosts, a compelling portrait of Gylan Kain, one of the founders of "The Last Poets," the Harlem spoken-word group established in 1968 which is said to be a precursor to hip-hop;

• The Uprising of Hangberg, Kaganof and Dylan Valley's dynamic documentary of the struggles of the marginalized communities of the Hout Bay suburb of Cape Town, which occurred when police tried to forcibly remove them from their homes; and

• Nice to Meet You, Please Don't Rape Me, Kaganof's 1994 musical satire of the newly post-apartheid South Africa.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan_Kaganof

https://italianacademy.columbia.edu/events/selected-works-aryan-kaganof

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