Katutura (film) explained

Katutura
Director:	Florian Schott
Producer:	Obed Emvula Florian Schott Ed Ehrenberg Mutaleni Nadimi
Starring:	Mara Baumgartner Obed Emvula Whilzahn Gelderbloem Tjuna Kauapirura Odile Müller Kandi Shejavali Jacobs Shivute Chops Tshoopara Gift Uzera
Editing:	Haiko Boldt
Music:	Sonja Majewski
Runtime:	114 minutes
Country:	Namibia
Language:	English

Katutura is a 2015 Namibian action/drama film directed by Florian Schott about the hard life in Katutura, a township in Windhoek, the capital city of Namibia.

Synopsis

Katutura follows a group of characters experiencing the gravity of living in a township. Ex-convict Dangi has to deal with living a law-abiding life, an extramarital son and an old flame who his wife doesn't know about. Gangster Shivago explores a new market to sell his drugs and Kondja, a teenager in a wheelchair who helps street kids, falls in love for the first time. Their paths intertwine and their lives collide in both hopeful and brutal ways.

Katutura deals with the struggle of everyday life in the township. There is crime, drug abuse, violence, but it also shows the strength of the community as well as the bustling creativity in the place otherwise known as the place where we do not belong.

Festivals

2016

• Pan African Film Festival^[1]
• Helsinki African Film Festival – Finland^[2]
• Ecrans Noirs Film Festival – Cameroun^[3]
• African Film Festival Trinidad and Tobago^[4]

Cast

• Elizabeth: Mara Baumgartner
  • Shivago: Obed Emvula Nancy: Whilzahn Gelderbloem
• Foibe: Tjuna Kauapirura
  • Esme (as Odile Mueller): Odile Müller Ndapewa: Kandi Shejavali
• Gary: Jacobs Shivute
• Dangi: Chops Tshoopara
• Kondja: Gift Uzera
• Mouton: Armas Shivute

External links

• • Katutura Official Facebook Site
• Katutura Trailer on Youtube
• Katutura at Rushlake Media

Notes and References

1. Web site: Katutura [programme note] ]. Pan African Film Festival . 2016-09-16 . 30 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160830160755/http://www.paff.org/films/katutura . dead .
2. Web site: Katutura [programme note] (finnish) ]. Helsinki African Film Festival . 2016-09-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160423115417/http://haff.fi/2016/katutura/ . 23 April 2016 . dead .
3. Web site: Katutura [programme note] (french) ]. Ecrans Noirs Film Festival . 2016-09-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161019110104/http://www.ecransnoirs.org/selection-internationale/ . 19 October 2016 . dead .
4. Web site: Katutura [programme note] ]. African Film Festival Trinidad and Tobago . 2016-09-16.