"U-Carmen Ekhayelitsha," DVD, Color, 120 minutes, 2005 (South Africa), directed by Mark Dornford-May.

Based on Bizet’s opera Carmen, U-Carmen eKhayelitsha takes place in Khayelitsha Township in Cape Town. Sung and spoken in Xhosa, this is a story of seduction, love, jealousy and betrayal. U-Carmen eKhayelitsha is an operatic tour-de-force by an incredibly talented cast of performers which will make you forget all previous representations of Carmen on film. U-Carmen was the winner of the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 2005 Berlin International Film Festival and an Official Selection in the Cannes Film Festival.

This film is presented in conjunction with The African Film Festival, New York.

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