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In this context it tells of Badman, an intellectual and the leader of the most powerful gang in Sophiatown, who has lived life on his own terms, his gang - The Vipers - and Eve Msomi, a torch-singer on the brink of an international career. On what could be the last day of his life, a gangster finds something worth living for. | In this context it tells of Badman, an intellectual and the leader of the most powerful gang in Sophiatown, who has lived life on his own terms, his gang - The Vipers - and Eve Msomi, a torch-singer on the brink of an international career. On what could be the last day of his life, a gangster finds something worth living for. | ||
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Directed by [[Angus Gibson]], written by [[Libby Dougherty]] and [[Angus Gibson]] and featuring a cast that includes | Directed by [[Angus Gibson]], written by [[Libby Dougherty]] and [[Angus Gibson]] and featuring a cast that includes | ||
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Revision as of 06:26, 12 October 2023
Back of the Moon, a South African film by Angus Gibson ()
Also referred to as Back of the Moon: Sophiatown, 1958
Not to be confused with the Back o' the Moon[1], the famous Sophiatown shebeen celebrated in a number of stories, films and plays.
The film
Inspired by his experience with the making of the documentary Freedom Square and Back of the Moon in 1986, director Angus Gibson revisited the subject in a fiction film released in 2019.
Back of the Moon is set in 1958, and takes the audience down memory lane with its bitter-sweet love story between Badman (played by Richard Lukunku), a powerful gang leader in Sophiatown, and singing sensation, Eve (played by Moneoa Moshesh). Set in the glitz and menace of Sophiatown the day before the police are to move in to force the residents of Gerty street out of their homes to be trucked to a desolate township, ten miles out of the city.
In this context it tells of Badman, an intellectual and the leader of the most powerful gang in Sophiatown, who has lived life on his own terms, his gang - The Vipers - and Eve Msomi, a torch-singer on the brink of an international career. On what could be the last day of his life, a gangster finds something worth living for.
Directed by Angus Gibson, written by Libby Dougherty and Angus Gibson and featuring a cast that includes
The film was the winner of three awards:
The South African Film and Television Awards (Best Achievement in Costume Design - Feature Film 2020)
Black Film Festival Montreal, Canada (2020) Best International Narrative Feature
Durban International Film Festival, South Africa (Best South African Narrative Feature,2019)
Translations, adaptations, sequels, etc
Sources
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8991332/
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Return to
Return to South_African_Films
Return to South African Theatre Personalities
Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays
Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays
Return to PLAYS III: Collections
Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances
Return to South African Festivals and Competitions
Return to South African Radio Plays and Serials
Return to South African Television Plays and Series
Return to ESAT Venues
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
