Event overview
The Radical Media Forum is opening the new year with a screening of the movie The King and The People and a Q & A with the director of the film Simon Bright.
“The King and the People” is a film that captures the spirit of the Swazi people’s struggle from absolute monarchism. At the heart of the story, runs a common thread where an entire nation is subjugated through various subtle means such as culture, tradition and religion; economic control; and, brutal force on all forms of opposition or dissent to royal rule. Directed by Simon Bright, “The King and the People” offers an historical portrait into the ‘heart’ of the Swazi crises charting it from the pre-independence, independence, post-independence and right up to modern day Swaziland. It defines the nature and character of ‘Tinkhundla’ – the recently ‘discovered’ political ideology referred to by Swaziland’s current monarch, Mswati 111, as “monarchial democracy”. The film shines a light on a crisis forgotten or misunderstood by many and unravels the reality of the existence, in the 21st century, of a governing system that is based on royal supremacy, greed, power and zero tolerance to fundamental human rights.
RHB Cinema at 17:00.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 15 Jan 2014 | 5:00pm - 8:00pm |
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