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The World Unseen
''The World Unseen'' is a 2007 historical drama film, written and directed by Shamim Sarif, adapted from her own novel. The film is set in 1950s Cape Town, South Africa during the beginning of apartheid. The film stars Lisa Ray and Sheetal Sheth as two Indian South African women who fall in love in a racist, sexist, and homophobic society. Ray and Sheth also star together in another Shamim Sarif movie, ''I Can't Think Straight'', released in November 2008. ''The World Unseen'' was made with the assistance of the National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa, which took a minority equity stake in the film. Synopsis In 1950s South Africa, a land torn apart by apartheid, Amina epitomizes individuality and freedom. She runs the Location Café, a haven of fun, food, and festivities open to all. Amina defines her own laws and lives on her own terms, undeterred by the reproving police and the disparaging Indian community. Miriam demurely follows conventions and makes no deman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shamim Sarif
Shamim Sarif (born 24 September 1969) is a British novelist and filmmaker of South Asian and South African heritage. Her work often focuses on various aspects of identity including gender, race, and sexuality. It often draws upon her own personal experience with cross cultural, non-heterosexual love. Early life and education Sarif was born in London, England, to Indian parents who had left South Africa in the early 1960s to escape apartheid. She studied English literature at the University of London, then took a Master's in English at Boston University. Career Writer and director Shamim Sarif is an award-winning novelist, screenwriter and director for film and series whose themes often focus on feminism, social impact and humanism. Shamim recently completed her fifth feature film, indie drama ''Polarized'', which was shot in Manitoba. Her previous feature films as a writer and director, all based on her novels, have won 47 awards between them. Titles include ''The World Unseen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Moss (actor)
Colin 'Cole' Moss (born 9 February 1976), is a South African actor primarily active in British, American and South African cinema and television. Personal life He was born on 9 February 1976 in Johannesburg, South Africa. His father Richard Moss is British-South African where paternal grandfather was a Cockney. His mother Veronica Salt was with an Irish background. Therefore, Colin has born with a mixed cultural descent of British, Irish, German and South African. He has excelled ukulele and saxophone playing. He is married to South African director, Tamarin Kaplan. The wedding was celebrated in 2014 in Stellenbosch. Career He started his acting career as a stand-up comedian on the South African stand-up comedy circuit. He continued to perform comedy between acting gigs for many years. Later he graduated with a degree in drama at the University of Kwazulu-Natal The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) is a university with five campuses in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apartheid Films
Apartheid (, especially South African English: , ; , "aparthood") was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. Apartheid was characterised by an authoritarian political culture based on ''baasskap'' (boss-hood or boss-ship), which ensured that South Africa was dominated politically, socially, and economically by the nation's minority white population. According to this system of social stratification, white citizens had the highest status, followed by Indians and Coloureds, then black Africans. The economic legacy and social effects of apartheid continue to the present day. Broadly speaking, apartheid was delineated into ''petty apartheid'', which entailed the segregation of public facilities and social events, and ''grand apartheid'', which dictated housing and employment opportunities by race. The first apartheid law was the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of LGBT-related Films Directed By Women
This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender-related films that were directed by women. LGBT-themed films directed by women – especially, but not exclusively, lesbian-themed movies – are an important and distinct subset of the genre. Academics have studied the issue of how women as directors contribute to the way lesbian stories, in particular, have been told; while LGBT media, and to some extent the mainstream, have examined the difference a "female gaze" brings to a film. Telefilms and documentaries are included in the list. Films co-directed with men are not included. Titles beginning with determiners "A", "An", and "The" are alphabetized by the first significant word. 0–9 * '' 2 Seconds'' (1998, Canada) by Manon Briand * ''A 20th Century Chocolate Cake'' (1983, Canada) by Lois Siegel * '' 3 Generations'' (2015, United States) by Gaby Dellal * '' 52 Tuesdays'' (2014, Australia) by Sophie Hyde * '' 533 Statements'' (2006, Canada) by Tori Foster A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Lesbian And Feminist Film Festival
The Paris Feminist and Lesbian Film Festival (French: Festival International du Film Lesbien et Féministe de Paris) is a women-only film festival founded in Paris, France, in 1989. The festival is organized by Cineffable, an association dedicated to promoting lesbian cinema, and encouraging lesbian creativity. History The Paris Feminist and Lesbian Film Festival grew out of dissatisfaction with the treatment of Lesbians in the Créteil International Women's Film Festival. Many lesbian women felt that in spite of the fact that lesbian films frequently won the Viewers Choice awards (''prix du public''), lesbian films, filmmakers and attendees were not given sufficient space or attention at the festival, and so they decided to create their own event, which would not only provide lesbians with screening opportunities, but would also be a shared community for knowledge sharing, a way to increase lesbian visibility and combat lesbophobia, and a social outlet. The first event was held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South African Film And Television Awards
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz'' ("south"), possibly related to the same Proto-Indo-European root that the word ''sun'' derived from. Some languages describe south in the same way, from the fact that it is the direction of the sun at noon (in the Northern Hemisphere), like Latin meridies 'noon, south' (from medius 'middle' + dies 'day', cf English meridional), while others describe south as the right-hand side of the rising sun, like Biblical Hebrew תֵּימָן teiman 'south' from יָמִין yamin 'right', Aramaic תַּימנַא taymna from יָמִין yamin 'right' and Syriac ܬܰܝܡܢܳܐ taymna from ܝܰܡܝܺܢܳܐ yamina (hence the name of Yemen, the land to the south/right of the Levant). Navigation By convention, the ''bottom or down-facing side'' of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang. Although the name "Rotten Tomatoes" connects to the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes in disapproval of a poor stage performance, the original inspiration comes from a scene featuring tomatoes in the Canadian film ''Léolo'' (1992). Since January 2010, Rotten Tomatoes has been owned by Flixster, which was in turn acquired by Warner Bros in 2011. In February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcast's Fandango. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. History Rotten Tomatoes was launched on August 12, 1998, as a spare-time project by Senh Duong. His objective in creating Rotten Tomatoes was "to create a site where people can get access to reviews from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AfterEllen
AfterEllen (also known as AfterEllen.com) is an American culture website founded in 2002, with a focus on entertainment, interviews, reviews, and news of interest to the lesbian and bisexual women's community. The site covers pop culture and lifestyle issues from a feminist perspective; and the political climate as it pertains to the community. AfterEllen is not affiliated with entertainer Ellen DeGeneres, although its name refers to her coming out, specifically when her character came out in "The Puppy Episode" (1997) on her eponymous sitcom. AfterEllen originally reported on subjects of popular culture, such as celebrities, fashion, film, television, music, and books; publishing articles, regular columns, opinion pieces, interviews, reviews, recaps of television shows with lesbian and bisexual characters or subtextual content, and popularity contests. Weekly vlogs were a key feature, the more popular of which included "Brunch With Bridget", "Lesbian Love", and "Is This Awesome?" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonie Casanova
Leonie or Léonie is a Latin language, Latin-origin Grammatical gender#Personal names, feminine given name meaning "lioness", from the masculine personal name ''Leon (given name), Leon'' (meaning "lion"). Leonie evolved to Léonie in France. It is rare as a surname. People People with the name or its variants include: * Léonie Abo (born 1945), Bambunda author * Léonie Adams (1899–1988), American poet * Leonie Archer, British academic and author * Leonie Bennett (born 1993), Dutch cricketer * Leonie Brinkema (born 1944), American judge * Léonie Duquet (1916–1977), French nun * Leonie Elliott (born 1988), British actress * Leonie Frieda (born 1956), Swedish-born former model, translator, and writer * Léonie Gilmour (1872–1933), American educator, editor, and journalist * Leonie Hanne, German fashion blogger * Leonie Huddy, Australian-American political scientist * Leonie Joubert, South African science writer * Leonie Krail (born 1986), Swiss ice dancer * Leonie Kramer (192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amber Rose Revah
Amber Rose Revah (born 24 June 1986) is a British actress, writer, and voice artist. She is best known for playing the roles of Dinah Madani in Marvel's '' The Punisher'', Mika in MGM limited series Last Light and as Mary Magdalene in the box office hit '' Son of God''. She played Leena in two seasons of the Channel 4 and PBS series '' Indian Summers'' with Julie Walters, and appeared in '' From Paris With Love'' opposite John Travolta John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an American actor. He came to public attention during the 1970s, appearing on the television sitcom '' Welcome Back, Kotter'' (1975–1979) and starring in the box office successes '' Carrie'' ( .... Her biological father is of Kenyan Indian heritage. Filmography Film Television Video Games References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Revah, Amber Rose 1986 births Living people English film actresses English people of Polish-Jewish descent English people of Kenyan descen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avantika Akerkar
This is a list of characters featured in the ''Baahubali (franchise), Baahubali franchise'' which consists of two films, a novel, a comic and an upcoming television series. They are all characters which have ''Baahubali: The Beginning, The Beginning'' (2015), ''Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, The Conclusion'' (2017), ''Baahubali: The Lost Legends, The Lost Legends'' (2017) and the novel ''The Rise of Sivagami'' (2017). Film series characters The following are characters are introduced in the films Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) and Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017). Protagonists Amarendra Baahubali Amarendra Baahubali, Maharaja Vikramdeva's son, was born in Mahishmati (Telugu) / Magizhmathi (Tamil). His mother (then Queen dowager) died while giving birth to him. He was named "Baahubali" by his aunt, ''Rajamatha'' Sivagami, who later became his foster mother. She recognised his leadership qualities and announced him as the next king after he succeeded in a contest to defend t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard White (actor)
Bernard White (born June 8, 1959) is an American actor, screenwriter and film director. Personal life Born in Colombo, Ceylon and raised in Detroit, Michigan, White earned his bachelor's degree in theatre at Michigan State University. White's paternal grandparents were John Bernard White and Mary Cecilia Hawke. Both were of partial Tamil ancestry. White's maternal grandparents were Harry Wickramasekera and Maude Robinson. Marriages Bernard White previously was married to actress Julia Campbell and currently is married to actress Jackie Katzman. He is best known as "Denpok" on ''Silicon Valley Silicon Valley is a region in Northern California that serves as a global center for high technology and innovation. Located in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area, it corresponds roughly to the geographical areas San Mateo County ...'' (2014–20). Filmography References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:White, Bernard 1959 births Living people American mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
