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- South African director/co-writer Angus Gibson’s Back of the Moon delivers a history lesson in the form of a riveting gangster drama. The year is 1958, and Ghana has just elected Kwame Nkrumah as their first black president. However, Apartheid is still raging in South Africa.
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The closing film of Sydney's South African Film Festival 2020 is Academy Award-nominated director Angus Gibson's (Mandela) 'Back of the Moon', a tragic love story set in a rundown part of Johannesburg.
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- Angus Gibson
- 2019-09-06
Sep 6, 2019 · Refusing to face the bleak reality of black South African life, Badman has decided that he will fight to the death for his home. But fate, thrusts Eve Msomi, whom he has loved from a distance, into his orbit.
- A piece of history re-visited. Set in Sophiatown in 1958, Back of the Moon is a nostalgic tribute to a special era in South African history. The music, fashion and set design in the movie capture good times that have long passed.
- The accolades. The film won Best South African Feature Film at Durban International Film Festival in 2019 and a SAFTA for Best Achievement in Costume Design in 2020.
- The experienced crew. Shortly after wrapping up production on Mzansi Magic’s acclaimed telenovela The Road, writer Angus Gibson and co-producer Desiree Markgraaff began working on Back of the Moon.
- Star-studded cast. The pool of talented actors who worked on the film are no strangers to our screens. Back of the Moon stars Richard Lukunku (The Road, Black Sails), Moneoa Moshesh (The Road), S’dumo Mtshali (Isibaya), Lemogang Tsipa (Isithembiso, Beyond The River) and Thomas Gumede (A Place Called Home).
Mar 3, 2021 · Tsipa has acted in South African productions, as well as opposite Chiwetel Ejiofor, who also directed 2019’s Malawi-shot The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, and in Gavin Hood’s 2015 anti-drone...
Aug 30, 2019 · It's not hard to see why Back of the Moon won the award for Best South African Film at the Durban International Film Festival – the enigmatic storytelling and superb production value makes this a film that can contend on an international stage. But it doesn't just look pretty – the cast delivers passionate performances headed by lead ...
Sep 6, 2019 · Thirty years after making Freedom Square and Back of the Moon, a hard-hitting documentary about Sophiatown, award-winning director Angus Gibson decided to revisit the subject in his new movie.
Nov 29, 2021 · South African director/co-writer Angus Gibson’s Back of the Moon delivers a history lesson in the form of a riveting gangster drama. The year is 1958, and Ghana has just elected Kwame Nkrumah as their first black president. However, Apartheid is still raging in South Africa.
