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New Voices in Black Cinema returns this week with a load of movies to put on your radar. One such movie is Of Good Report. Of Good Report is a South African noir film. Initially banned from release for controversial plotlines, it is being screened at BAMcinématek, and may be later released. Check out the trailer below.

Synopsis:

Introverted and seemingly gentle high school teacher Parker Sithole has a quiet passion for literature and is presented to a new school as a man “of good report”. In a local bar Parker meets a mesmerizing young woman and falls for her – but the next day she walks into his classroom and he realizes that the blossoming love which has brought joy into his world is forbidden. Parker develops and obsession with his vivacious pupil and she returns his affections until their love story reaches a tragic end. The film is an intense and profoundly executed thriller following this deeply disturbed teacher who is externally “of good report” and yet hiding a grisly murder which preys on his mind as a local policewoman hunts him, coming closer and closer to the awful truth.

Cast:

Mothusi Magano – Parker Sithole

Petronella Tshuma – Nolitha

Thobi Mkhwanazi – Squeeza

Nomhle Nkonyeni – Landlady

Tshamano Sebe – Vuyani

Crew:

Director/Writer – Jahmil X.T. Qubeka

Tickets to screen Of Good Report can be found here.

Source: IMDB

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Watching Alfre Woodard act in anything is always a pleasure. So Knucklehead is bound to be good. Dysfunction makes for good drama, especially when it’s family dysfunction. Check out the synopsis and trailer below.

Synopsis:

When his brother disappears, mentally disabled Langston Bellows is left without a protector in Brooklyn’s housing projects. Now under the control of his abusive mother Langston must take his future into his own hands. He sets out to find the one doctor he believes can cure him, a celebrity magazine columnist who touts questionable prescription drug cocktails. If Langston can become “mentally excellent”, it will mean moving into an apartment of his own with his girlfriend, who may herself be a creation of his wishful thinking. Landing in the unscrupulous world of pharmaceutical marketing, the search for his mysterious doctor and hero leads to some unwanted discoveries. Langston strives for independence from his prior life; from his mother, from his neighborhood and from his fractured mind – while all around him people are not who they seem.

Cast:

Gbenga Akinnagbe – Langston

Alfre Woodard – Sheila

Amari Cheatom – Julian

Nikiya Mathis – Teeny Miles

Carla Duren – Cassie

Justin Myrick – Arthur

Dewanda Wise – Charlotte

Crew:

Director/Co-Writer/Producer – Ben Bowman

Writer – Bryan Abrams

Producer – Gbenga Akinnagbe

Knucklehead will premiere at BAMcinématek as part of the New Voices in Black Cinema series. You can buy tickets here.

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