Phumi Morare is a South African screenwriter and director, NAACP Image Award winner and Academy Award nominee. Her passion is the redemption of African and female identity in film. She explores the black female gaze while telling intimate stories of ordinary heroes, people of color, and women.
The lecture with the author took place on 21/2 at 16:00 in the building of the Faculty of Arts of Charles University as part of the third edition of AfroFilmes with the subtitle At the Bottom of the Atlantic. Its programme focuses on the cinematic, cultural and historical connections between sub-Saharan African countries and Latin American and European African diasporas. The programme also included a screening of two short films by Phumi Morare at the Ponrepo Cinema - the cinema of the National Film Archive (NFA).
When the Sun Goes Down (Lakutshon‘ Ilanga, South Africa, directed by Phumi Morare, in Xhosa with English and Czech subtitles, 14 minutes)
Why The Cattle Wait (South Africa, directed by Phumi Morare, in Xhosa with English and Czech subtitles, 21 minutes)
The lecture was conducted and the discussion was led by Klára Trsková.