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[[Back of the Moon]] can refer to or to the titles of number of stories, films and plays about the place, its surrounds and the era.
  
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= '''[[Back o' the Moon]]''' - The [[shebeen]]=
  
=''[[Back of the Moon]]'', a South African film by [[Angus Gibson]]=
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This was a famous shebeen (drinking house) in [[Sophiatown]], the famous '''freehold area''' of that name in Johannesburg, during the 1950s.
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==Sources==
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https://www.sahistory.org.za/place/sophiatown
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https://www.theguardian.com/news/2014/jun/22/from-the-archive-south-africa-illegal-alcohol-sophiatown
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='''''[[Freedom Square and Back of the Moon]]''''' - the film (1985)=
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Go to the entry at ''[[Freedom Square and Back of the Moon]]''
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='''''[[Back of the Moon]]''''' - the film (2019)=
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Also referred to as '''''[[Back of the Moon: Sophiatown, 1958]]'''''. it is a South African film by [[Angus Gibson]] ()
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''Not to be confused with the [[Back o' the Moon]][https://www.theguardian.com/news/2014/jun/22/from-the-archive-south-africa-illegal-alcohol-sophiatown], the famous Sophiatown shebeen celebrated in a number of stories, films and plays.''
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== The film ==
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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.
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''[[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.
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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.
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Directed by [[Angus Gibson]], written by [[Libby Dougherty]] and [[Angus Gibson]] and featuring a cast that includes [[Richard Lukunku]] (as "Max" or "Badman"), [[Moneoa Moshesh]] (as "Eve Msomi"), [[Lemogang Tsipa]] ("Ghost"), [[S'Dumo Mtshali]] ("Strike"), [[Siyabonga Xaba|Siya Xaba]] ("Kid"), [[Thomas Gumede]] ("Nat"), [[Israel Matseke-Zulu]] ("Bra Don"), [[Sicelo Dlamini]] ("Boogy Makhapla"), [[Sipho Nhlapho]] ("Deadline") and [[Emmanuel Nkosinathi Gweva|Emmanuel Gweva]] ("Mamba"). 
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The film was produced by [[Desireé Markgraaff]], [[Kutlwano Ditsele]], [[Angus Gibson]] and [[Teboho Mahlatsi]]. Music by [[Philip Miller]], cinematography by
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[[Zeno Petersen]], editing by [[Megan Gill]], production design by [[Dylan Lloyd]] and  costume design by [[Trudi Mantzios|Trudi Barklem]].
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The film was released in South Africa at the [[Durban International Film Festival]] 19 on July, 2019. Released in the USA in 2021.
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==Awards==
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The film was the winner of three awards:
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Durban International Film Festival, South Africa (Best South African Narrative Feature,2019)
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The [[South African Film and Television Awards]] ([[SAFTA]]) (Best Achievement in Costume Design - Feature Film 2020)
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Black Film Festival Montreal, Canada (2020)
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Best International Narrative Feature
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==Translations, adaptations, sequels, etc==
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== Sources ==
  
On what could be the last day of his life, a gangster finds something worth living for.
 
Director
 
Angus Gibson
 
Writers
 
Libby DoughertyAngus Gibson
 
  
 
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8991332/
 
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8991332/
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Latest revision as of 06:47, 16 December 2023

Back of the Moon can refer to or to the titles of number of stories, films and plays about the place, its surrounds and the era.

Back o' the Moon - The shebeen

This was a famous shebeen (drinking house) in Sophiatown, the famous freehold area of that name in Johannesburg, during the 1950s.

Sources

https://www.sahistory.org.za/place/sophiatown

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2014/jun/22/from-the-archive-south-africa-illegal-alcohol-sophiatown

Freedom Square and Back of the Moon - the film (1985)

Go to the entry at Freedom Square and Back of the Moon

Back of the Moon - the film (2019)

Also referred to as Back of the Moon: Sophiatown, 1958. it is a South African film by Angus Gibson ()

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 Richard Lukunku (as "Max" or "Badman"), Moneoa Moshesh (as "Eve Msomi"), Lemogang Tsipa ("Ghost"), S'Dumo Mtshali ("Strike"), Siya Xaba ("Kid"), Thomas Gumede ("Nat"), Israel Matseke-Zulu ("Bra Don"), Sicelo Dlamini ("Boogy Makhapla"), Sipho Nhlapho ("Deadline") and Emmanuel Gweva ("Mamba").

The film was produced by Desireé Markgraaff, Kutlwano Ditsele, Angus Gibson and Teboho Mahlatsi. Music by Philip Miller, cinematography by Zeno Petersen, editing by Megan Gill, production design by Dylan Lloyd and costume design by Trudi Barklem.

The film was released in South Africa at the Durban International Film Festival 19 on July, 2019. Released in the USA in 2021.

Awards

The film was the winner of three awards: Durban International Film Festival, South Africa (Best South African Narrative Feature,2019)

The South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTA) (Best Achievement in Costume Design - Feature Film 2020)

Black Film Festival Montreal, Canada (2020) Best International Narrative Feature

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