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June 5, 2009

Zola Maseko documentary awarded

Filed under: south african cinema — ABRAXAS @ 9:39 pm

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Zola Maseko’s feature documentary film - “The Manuscripts of Timbuktu” was jointly awarded the first prize at the Real Life Film Festival in Ghana on 26 May. The film was produced by David Max Brown with three DOPs involved - David Forbes, Manu La Pierre, Nic Hofmeyer. Sound was by Bibi Segola and editors were Guy Spiller and Taku Kaskela

The film will also premiere in South Africa at the Encounters festival in Cape Town on Saturday 4 July at 5:45 pm on the opening day of the festival. The film will be screened again at the Durban International Film Festival on 29 July with its European premier taking place at IDFA in November 2009

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