SABC News interview on Action Kommandt

SABC News interview on Action Kommandt

July 9 this year marks 29 years of South Africa’s anti-apartheid Freedom Fighter, Ashley Kriel’s death. Kriel was 20 years old when he was murdered in Cape Town in 1987. His life has been documented in the documentary, titled “Action Kommandt: The...
High demand as Ashley Kriel film hits cinema

High demand as Ashley Kriel film hits cinema

By: Gadeeja Abass IF YOU didn’t manage to secure tickets to the Ashley Kriel documentary, Action Kommandant: The Untold Story of a Guerrilla, because tickets sold out, there’s good news. Due to popular demand, the festival’sorganisers added two more screenings in Cape...
City Press – Murder most foul?

City Press – Murder most foul?

Nearly 30 years after his death at a bloodied house in Cape Town’s Athlone, the Hawks have reopened the cold case file into how struggle hero Ashley Kriel died at the hands of apartheid police torturer Jeffrey Benzien. In 1999, Benzien was granted full amnesty for...
Hard-hitting films at Encounters festival

Hard-hitting films at Encounters festival

SOURCING documentaries for this year’s Encounters Film Festival, new festival director Darryl Els was encouraged by people saying to him: “You should really watch this. It’s an Encounters film.” He really liked that there was this buy-in; this idea that creative and...