hi guys and welcome to the first ever geography now spin-off channel filmography now
and with that here's random hannity wait it says that you're hannah you're doing all the segments
uh yeah paul this is my spin-off show wow okay you even did the same black backdrop thing you
we're just doing what we do on geography now uh yeah i'm kind of just copying everything
from geography now and turning it into film filmography now you know if that
if that's okay wow hannah actually come in here you're even doing the same cutaway
like dialogue sequences that we do on geography now while you're literally just copying the
whole thing yeah whatever anyway uh you have my blessing now let's do a spin-off dance
i'm so excited to share with you guys my love of film and my love of other cultures doing
geography now has inspired me i've been doing it for the past three years and i've been covering
the culture section as random hannah and so i'm so excited for this journey that i'm about to go on
i am bringing you guys with me and without further ado let's take it to random hannah
who's going to tell us about the film history of south africa thank you hannah you're welcome girl
ah south africa the perfect shoot location a rich history and culture leon shuster charlize theron
the country's film history is filled with comedy drama historical pieces of art and war propaganda
south africa is a country whose film industry is booming not only is the country and its history
the subject of many films which i feel most people focus on we think about mandela invictus but south
africa has become an ideal location for filmmakers whether you want to shoot in forests croplands
mountains beaches whether you need a savannah setting south africa really does have it all
the early days of the south african film ministry got off to an unsanctimonious start because well
the main topic was war that's right what's called kinetoscopes looked like this and were like hand
cranked single single-viewer movies made from the united states four years later the boer war
between the british empire and two south african states was the talk of the town and kinetoscopes
were used for war propaganda hitchhiking on the vast deposits of diamonds in south africa
the country's first full-length feature film was called the great kimberley diamond robbery
kimberly has the distinction of having the world's largest diamond mine johannesburg the
country's largest city was also the location of the country's first movie studio which was built
in 1915 but it was built by an american isidor schlesinger i've read that a hundred times and
i will never get tired of saying schlesinger he had come to south africa looking for gold which
there is plenty of south africa has one of the world's largest supplies so that brought in a lot
of filmmakers i guess they failed at finding gold so they were just like wow build a movie theater
it was 33 years later when the country's first actor was nominated for an academy award cecil
callaway got the nomination for best supporting actor in the hit movie the luck of the irish
you don't always wait for an invitation to follow the brave music of a distant room
no longer was south africa the weird kid eating alone at the lunch table south africa became kind
of popular 20th century fox was impressed with the south african picture industry
enough to actually buy african film productions in 1859 were they impressed or were they threatened
we'll never know hannah can i actually interrupt for a second hannah it's your spin-off show you
can interrupt whenever you want all right i forgot okay let me interrupt for a minute to talk about
how breathtakingly beautiful south africa is it's bounded by both the atlantic and indian
oceans with stunning rocks and sandy beaches and drop dead gorgeous mountains like table mountain
in cape town and the towering drakensbergs and because of that the country is getting more and
more noticed as a place to film let's end our look at the history of south africa by mentioning the
2009 science fiction movie district 9 which earned 4 academy award nominations i'm sure that you guys
have seen it it was co-written and directed by south africa's neil blomkamp bloom camp blom camp
i'll put a picture of the guy and that takes us to hannah's award-winning movie segment
all right let's talk about awards south africa has won many many awards in the film and tv industry
not only have they won a bunch of awards but they actually have their own award shows so let's get
into it with saucy a 2005 crime drama written and directed by gavin hood satsy won the 2005
academy award for best foreign language film and was nominated for the golden globe for
best foreign language film in 2006. yesterday a picture about a young mother who contracts aids
is a 2004 south african movie nominated for the academy awards best foreign language film it was
directed by south african daedal root we cannot cover the award-winning section without mentioning
academy award winner screen actors guild golden globe award winner the beautiful charlize theron
you might not know that the actress and producer was born in ben and i near johannesburg meanwhile
the name golden horns is the shortened name of the annual south african film and television awards
often called the saftas hosted by the national film and video foundation the softas recognized
creative excellence in the local film and television industry and anytime you're talking
about south africa and the movie business you can't leave out one of the biggest names of the
silver screen in the golden age of film basil rapton who has not won not two but three stars
on the hollywood walk of fame my favorite part about researching south african film and tv was
talking to you guys the geograpeeps and locals who actually grew up in south africa grew up on
south african cinema and tv shows and here to tell us a little bit more about the local favorites is
my friend kim and katherine from the south africa episode so without further ado guys take it away
i'm from cape town south africa i grew up watching a lot of american tv but we also watch a lot of
british tv so we have things like bbc which is more prominent and we watched a version of sesame
street that isn't here it's called takalani sesame which i didn't even know there was a sesame street
until i came here probably the most well-known tv show in south africa would be card blanche it's
sort of like a documentary episodic series where everybody every sunday will as a family
sit together and watch crop launch all right my favorite movies that represent south africa and
that i watched as a kid were mr bones a movie that was produced and created by comedian leon schuster
another movie that i really loved and my parents specifically my dad loved was the gods must be
crazy it is a ridiculously hilarious movie and it just introduced certain topics that i feel
that were hard to discuss at the time especially the influence of like western culture european
culture and africa and that perspective of africa to the world the humor in leon schuster's work
and in the gods must be crazy really just allow us to have a light humorous approach
to these heavy subjects alright guys and that wraps up our very first episode of filmography now
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