Joe Bullet is having it’s North African premier at the Carthage International Film Festival this week.
Screenings are:
2 Dec 3:30pm at “Rio Cinema”
5 Dec 8:30pm at “Mondial Cinema”
In other news, our Trompie DVD is available at selected Musica stores and from our website www.gravelroadafrica.com. For only R99.99, own your own personal copy of this South African film from 1975.
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| Director | Michele Hartslief | Cast | Innocent “Popo” Gumede |
| Producer | Mitch Dyter | Dumi Shongwe | |
| Writer | Lorraine Philbrick | Pepsi Mabizela | |
| DOP | Michele Hartslief | Vincent Vilakazi | |
| Editor | Theresa Brown | Zanele Nyidi | |
| Sound | Simon Bleakley | Sylvia Makhathini | |
| Y.O.P | 1980’s | ||
| Running Time | 69 min | ||
| Language | isiZulu | ||
| Genre | Crime / Drama |
Bra Jack and his two underlings, Jabu and Thabi, decide to blackmail a young local businessman by the name of Ben. Their plan is to use one of his warehouses at the harbour to store a shipment of drugs coming in soon.
Ben, proving himself an upstanding citizen, refuses to cooperate. This is until his wife, Thuli, is kidnapped by the crooks.
Ben turns to his friend, Michael, who helps the young man come up with a plan to rescue his wife. At a trade-off at the harbour, one of the underlings is shot. Jack and his concubine manage to escape but ultimately Ben is reunited with his wife once more.
Our restored Afrikaans film will be available in Musica nationwide across South Africa in November. We are very proud of this and hope you will enjoy this restored South African classic from 1975. More on Trompie here. This is the digitally remastered version of the original 1975 feature film about Trompie, based on the Topsy Smith books. It’s about the mischievous young Trompie and the misadventures he and his gang of friends embark upon. Follow its Facebook page here.
CEO of Gravel Road Entertainment Group, who bring you the film, spoke recently on “Kyknet” in South Africa on DSTV.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is an annual campaign to raise awareness of the disease. While most people are aware of breast cancer, However many do not take the appropriate steps to detect early signs of the disease which could save many lives which the disease claim yearly. ”We have made a lot of progress but still have a long way to go and need your help!” – National Breast Cancer Awareness.
We at Gravel Road Entertainment Group are proud to support the Breast Cancer Awareness by wearing our pink ribbon throughout the month of October. By doing this we hope to help send a message and raise awareness and encourage early detection. Please wear Pink!!
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http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/
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The Silwerskerm Film Festival is an annual gathering for mostly Afrikaans filmmakers. It’s a 4-day marathon which showcases the best new South African films at the kykNET Silwerskermfees. The festival is predominantly Afrikaans, but English stand-outs like the Durban International Film Festival award-winning “Durban Poison” was also screened.
In addition to the feature films, the end results of a competition that develops script ideas from first-time filmmakers of all ages were screened. This isn’t just a film festival that showcases the best of the best. It nurtures new talent and gives it a valuable platform.
One of our more recently restored films, “Trompie”, was also screened at the venue. Directed by legendary Tonie van der Merwe in the 70’s, about 15-30 people in the room watched as a digitally remastered version of a South African classic was screened. “Trompie” is a compact, highly enjoyable and kinetic comedy feature.
“Trompie” also has some well-crafted English subtitles for non-Afrikaans audience.
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