{"id":224863,"date":"2019-11-30T07:00:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T05:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=224863"},"modified":"2019-11-29T14:24:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T12:24:01","slug":"dance-queen-busiswas-documentary-debuts-africa-rising-international-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/11\/30\/dance-queen-busiswas-documentary-debuts-africa-rising-international-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Dance queen Busiswa&#8217;s documentary debuts at Africa Rising International Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An #UnbreakableStory<\/p>\n<p>Known on the streets as the Dance Queen, Bususwa boasts an impressive career, which includes countless global anthems, a cult-like following across the continent, tours, a handful of accolades, as well as the premier of her powerful biographical documentary.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI hope that everyone can take something home, be inspired and be motivated,\u201d said Busiswa.<\/p>\n<p>Her majesty, as she is known to some, wants to continue to inspire people and wants to keep her optimistic character flowing.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI am someone who is very optimistic. I\u2019m very positive about life and I love to encourage the next person; I think that\u2019s my purpose in life.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/hXyZZgY6RlY' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>The documentary is narrated by her majesty and, just like her performances, takes us through some of the breath-taking moments of her career.<\/p>\n<p><em>Unbreakable Story<\/em>\u00a0takes us on a journey back in time and explores the complex conditions that thrust a modest young girl from Umtata, into the boisterous voice that reverberates through our speakers alongside Beyonce on <em>The Gift<\/em>, in arguably one of the most important moments in her modern music history.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary also touches on her leaving the Kalawa Jazmee family to start her own label &#8211; <em>Majesty Music Africa<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Her<strong><em> Unbreakable Story<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0was the first documentary at this year\u2019s Africa Rising International Film Festival, which commenced on November 27.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A CAN DO! film, directed by Fred Kayembe and Vaughn Thiel, this grungy Pineappletop Films production, produced by &#8216;The Kollektive&#8217;, explores modern ideas of independence, femininity and identity, through Busiswa\u2019s remarkable story.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-224863 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/11\/30\/dance-queen-busiswas-documentary-debuts-africa-rising-international-film-festival\/attachment\/img_3341\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/11\/IMG_3341-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/11\/IMG_3341-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/11\/IMG_3341-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Other notable African films\/documentaries to look forward to include;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Zulu Love Letter. The film about Thandeka, a young journalist who lives in fear of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/protect-za.mimecast.com\/s\/q6CfC0g3mZhG0GlPFwMhip?domain=en.wikipedia.org\">Johannesburg<\/a>&#8216;s past. She&#8217;s so troubled that she can&#8217;t work and her relationship with Mangi, her 13-year-old deaf daughter, goes from bad to worse. The film stars veteran actress\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/protect-za.mimecast.com\/s\/6Iu-Cg5XGoiA5AnQFoMaTU?domain=en.wikipedia.org\">Pamela Nomvete<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Mama Africa \u2013 A film by MIKA KAURISM\u00c4KI. A documentary about the humanitarian and musical icon Miriam Makeba.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='ae995ec06509f3df4d0536beebe6654c'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newton Junction Mall was buzzing with flair and style on Wednesday evening when Busiswa Gqulu debuted her documentary, titled Unbreakable Story, at the inaugural Africa Rising International Film Festival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6776,"featured_media":224864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Mahume Daniel Seleme","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[29729,29730,29731,29732],"class_list":["post-224863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-the-kollektive","tag-dance-queen-busiswas-documentary-debuts-at-africa-rising-international-film-festival","tag-fred-kayembe-and-vaughn-thiel","tag-unbreakable-story"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["'The Kollektive","Dance queen Busiswa's documentary debuts at Africa Rising International Film Festival","Fred Kayembe and Vaughn Thiel","Unbreakable Story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6776"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}