Cape Town Creatives: Directories in Cape Town, Western Cape

The First Grader is the inspiring true story of Kimani Maruge, a Kenyan ex-Mau Mau freedom fighter, who at the age of 84 fought the system for his right to an education he could never afford. This powerful biographical drama tells of a Maruge’s struggle as he and primary school teacher, Jane Obinchu, stood up to a community [...]

Trust is an important drama thriller about a teenage girl who falls prey to an online predator and the repercussions that a rape has on the victim and her family. It’s an eye-opening yet disturbing watch, partly for its inevitability and for its real world danger with families at risk of the same incident. Every father [...]

Spring Awakenings, a new multimedia group exhibition in the gallery at Art in the Forest is open to the public until 31 October. This is not just any Spring, it is Spring in South Africa 2011. It is Spring in the greatest economic recession since the 1930’s. And the perspectives are very [...]

Avatar was more “smurfy” than The Smurfs. Not only were they blue, they lived (and stayed) in the forest, lived by a sacred set of values, using only what they needed from the forest’s resources, flying and riding creatures, while living in harmony. The new The Smurfs movie is something else, taking the beloved 2D animated cartoon [...]

AnGela’s exquisite pieces bridge the divide between jewellery design and art. AnGela only creates  once-off art jewellery pieces and her work  when not worn can be displayed in a custom-made showcase on a home or office wall. AnGela’s work reveals her fascination with texture, pattern, rhythm, movement, nature and systems and there tends to be a [...]