CONTACT AND INQUIRIES
+46707271470
Stocktown X Africa
Box 2305
103 17 Stockholm
Sweden
SCREENINGS
Music Meeting, May 28th, 2012, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
New York African Filmfestival, April 14, 2012, New York, USA.
Design Indaba Film Festival, February 29th, Cape Town, South Africa.
IV Festival Internacional de Cinema, November 18th, 2011, Luanda, Angola.
Basel African Cinema, August 12th, 2011, Basel, Switzerland.
Victora & Albert Museeum, June 24th, 2011, London, England.
Africa In The Picture Festival, October 8th, 2011, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Cinema Africa Festival, March 26th, 2011, World Premier, Stockholm, Sweden.
UR, (31/10, 22.00 SVT1, 2/11, 13:00 SVT2, 4/11 15:00 SVT2), Sweden.
WHAT OTHERS HAVE TO SAY
“Movie uncovers South Africa’s underground youth culture”
CNN“…such a great vibe, love the beats thrown down by Durban natives, Dirty Paraffin”
Another Africa“They are young, full of talent and they represent Africa in its 21st century. Far from the stereotypical vision you may have of Africa, Stocktown is about future, evolution and dynamism of the Motherland.”
African Digital Art“It’s good to see other people taking note of the creative buzz in Africa!”
Afroklectic“They are young, full of talent and they represent Africa in its 21st century. Far from the stereotypical vision you may have of Africa, Stocktown is about future, evolution and dynamism of the Motherland.”
Echoes of Concrete
SYNOPSIS
Stocktown Africa is a documentary series about the lively, creative and social contemporary culture blossoming in Africa’s big cities today. Stocktown Africa will bring you face to face with the new urban Africa, where fashion creators, mobile phone journalists, cultural entrepreneurs, music producers and guerilla filmmakers define what it is to be young, talented and passionate in Africa’s 21st century.
STOCKTOWN X SOUTH AFRICA
A road movie directed by Swedish based directors Teddy Goitom and Benjamin Taft, Stocktown X South Africa takes viewers beyond the stereotypical stories coming out of South Africa. The documentary introduces heavy metal band Ree-Burth, Soweto style-setters Smarteez and Gazelle, the inventor of the Limpop music genre, capturing the creative energy and street vibes of Johannesburg and Capetown.
Facts
- Title: STOCKTOWN X SOUTH AFRICA
- Year of production: 2011
- Length: 28.30 min
- Delivery formats: DVD, PAL Digibeta, HD digital download
- Subtitles: English
- Directors: Teddy Goitom & Benjamin Taft
- Editors: Benjamin Taft, Dimitris Vulalas, Ivan Spee
- Graphics: Robin Ekemark
- Music by : Daniel Savio, Dirty Paraffin, WillRock
- Sound design: Jakob Myrman
DIRECTORS BIO
Teddy Goitom / Director
http://www.soeasy.se
Born in Jerusalem in 1973, raised in Sweden with roots in East Africa, Teddy Goitom created the global network Stocktown in 1998. Since then Teddy has produced cutting edge and social engaged content for film, Tv and digital media for Swedish Television, Educational Broadcasting Network and MTV. Teddy runs his own production company Soeasy.se working with both commercial and underground productions, operating worldwide, knowing no boundaries.
Benjamin Taft / Director
http://www.taft.se
Benjamin Taft, is a filmmaker, photographer, editor and motion designer from Sweden, currently based in Vancouver, Canada. He travels across the globe with one eye on the road and the other gazing through the viewfinder of his camera.
ARTIST PROFILE
Exclusive clip from Stocktown X South Africa. We meet up with heavy metal band Ree-Burth from Soweto, South Africa. In this video, the band’s singer Nathi tells us about their plan to start a rock festival in Soweto, The Rock Therapy show.
During the recording of the interview we asked the band to do a small jam session for us and as they were setting up their instruments. Mr Funky Masike member of one of South Africa’s first black rock groups shows up unexpected and gives us a show of his own.
Band members: Nathi, Tshepho,Smokie, Bush and Osca