The REFA Festival has always had a cultural component, featuring documentaries and films. This year’s Virtual Festival is no different. The following films will be available for viewing online over the weekend at any time convenient for you. We hope the films will serve as food for thought for the discussions we will be hosting in the sessions as well as our future work together. Stay tuned to the film announcements, and find the links and passwords below!
Schools Shut Down
2020, 7 min
The first film to be screened is Schools Shut Down, directed by Kastarine Kgola.
Buhle Mdluli is one of the brightest students in her school in Orange Farm who aspires to study medicine. During the Covid-19 lockdown, she and her school friends try to maintain their education through online learning with limited access to devices or the internet while schools remain closed.