Dez and terri, a mixedrace couple married 20 years and adoptive parents, they are the trailblazing lesbians of the new south africa. The changing landscape of postapartheid south african politics and lifestyles is portrayed through two queer relationships. While you werent looking is a 2015 south african drama film directed by catherine stewart. The film analyzed in this post is called while you werent looking. While you werent looking film while you werent looking 17 july 2015. The internationally acclaimed while you werent looking is the first feature film produced by the out in africa gay and lesbian film festival. An awardwinning short at seattle international film festival, the short also played at the palm springs shortsfest, buff sweden, the international children and young peoples film festival, chesapeake film festival, brooklyn kids festival, providence childrens film festival, byron bay. The film examines the struggles experienced by lesbians living in. Schauspieler while you werent looking 2015 schauspieler schauspielerinnen.
While you werent looking is an original story, set in cape town. While you werent looking takes up issues of gender, womens rights, class and race through the eyes of the queer community. A new film, while you werent looking, created by lgbtqi film initiative out in africa, is an incisive look at different levels of privilege in south africas queer community. While you werent looking 2015 lesbian film lesbian. The film takes place in south africa and stars sandi schult as dez, camilla lilly waldman as terri and petronella tshuma as their daughter, asanda. Asanda, an eighteen years old woman, is the mixedrace adopted daughter of a wealthy couple. While you werent looking tells the story of a longterm lesbian couple that still has the passion boy, do they ever have the passion but also the wandering eyes.
Streaming complet while you werent looking 76 minutes. And thank heavens for that too, as the movies made by others mostly american as it happens are unfortunate amercans are best at telling their own stories and now at long last, i can say soth africans are best at telling their own. Vanessa herman, amy jephta, matthew krouse, nodi murphy. At the beginning of the film, terri and dez appear to be a happy couple who still have a great amount of excitement in their marriage. The 2015 film, while you werent looking, is a drama set in modern day south africa which follows the lives of terri and dez, a wealthy, middle aged, mixedrace lesbian couple and their adopted daughter asanda. Its original story is set in cape town, south africa. Representing lesbianism, and even some evidence of bisexualism. And thank heavens for that too, as the movies made by. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing while you werent looking near you. The film is broken into three storylines, the first being dez and terris turbulent marriage due to dezs infidelity. The film while you werent looking, set in modern day south africa, cape town, follows the intertwining lives of an upperclass, interracial and lesbian couple dez and terri, their eighteen yearold adoptive daughter asanda, and asandas friend and eventual lover, shado.
The complex political and racial climate of south africa is beautifully encapsulated in while you werent looking, a drama depicting the tension between liberal bourgeois ideals and workingclass realities. Actrices et acteurs while you werent looking 2015 while you werent looking, casting du film. While you werent looking african film festival, inc. If you like while you werent looking, you may like. While you werent looking berlin feminist film week. English, xhosa and afrikaans with english subtitles the changing landscape of postapartheid south african politics and lifestyles is portrayed through two central relationships. In order to preface the film, there is a short video approximately 10 minutes before the film. Emma serenko while you werent looking portrays many queer experiences of a family. While you werent looking is a queer drama written by vanessa hermanis and directed by catherine stewart. The protagonists are gay and lesbian, from all walks of life, whose intertwining tales present a humourous, inventive and dramatic take on contemporary life in south africa. Patrick returns to san francisco in search of closure and resolution regarding his relationships with richie and kevin. The film i viewed at the 2016 queer video and film festival was while you werent looking. Acclaimed proudly south african gay film to screen in.
It is through the eyes and experiences of a crosssection of queers black, white and coloured, cruisy singles, married couples with children, city and township dwellers, apartheid survivors and born frees, professionals and skollies that we see the. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. Film while you werent looking 2015 104 minutes long. While you werent looking trailer original cut youtube. Representations present in while you werent looking she. While you werent looking not your average gay movie the. We offer a full range of affordable distribution, educational, and marketing education to independent filmmakers looking to reach out to traditionally underserved audiences. Now, throw in the majestic voices of emmylou harris and gillian welch.
Some film festivals are showing a shortened lesbian cut version of the film. Beautifully shot on locations in and around cape town, with a stellar south african cast and a soundtrack of great local music, while you werent looking wrestles with the complexities of queerness and its overarching intricacies of class and fading relationships. Catherine stewards first feature cinema film while you werent looking takes place in todays cape town and yet tries to establish a dialogue between the. With camilla waldman, sandi schultz, fezile mpela, lionel newton. While you werent looking a film by jeremy mackie by sean. In the cape townset film while you werent looking, an ageing gay man goes in a search of one of his former lovers, a former umkhonto. While you werent looking 2015 streaming ita a 20170505t04.
While you werent looking 2015 the lives and relationships of gays and lesbians in south africa. The film collaborative is the first nonprofit, fullservice provider dedicated to the distribution of independent film, including narrative features, documentaries and shorts. While you were sleeping is a 1995 american romantic comedy film directed by jon turteltaub and written by daniel g. Sean walsh is raising funds for while you werent looking a film by jeremy mackie on kickstarter. Register so you can access movie recommendations tailored to your movie taste. Synopsis dez and terri, a mixedrace couple married 20 years and adoptive parents, they are the trailblazing lesbians of the new south africa. The changing landscape of postapartheid south african politics and lifestyles is portrayed through two central relationships a successful. Sibongile mlambo, tina jaxa, sandi schultz, thishiwe ziqubu, lionel newton, terence bridgett, petronella tshuma, fezile mpela, jill levenberg, camilla lilly waldman et malefane mosuhi.
Twenty years into the new south africa, ageing academic mack looks for salute, the young freedom fighter he sheltered and loved. Add a dash of folk and pop, throw in some hypnotic lyrics, and mix in that kind of catchy, beautifully arranged music that is impossible to get out of your head. While you werent looking is a short film by writerdirector jeremy mackie about a boys shopping cart adventure through a grocery store. This video depicts the meeting of two young girls who eventually start a relationship.
It stars sandra bullock as lucy, a chicago transit authority token collector, and bill pullman as jack, the brother of a man whose life she saves, along with peter gallagher as peter, the man who is saved, peter boyle and glynis johns as members of. And while you werent looking truly shows that sa film makers have found their own authentic voice. While you werent looking 2015 streaming ita film completo. The story outlines the lives of the gay and lesbian experience and relationships in a contemporary south africa. Dez and terri are a lesbian couple that live with their adopted daughter asanda, in a lavish capetown home. The result is caitlin carys debut album, while you werent looking. The complex political and racial climate of south africa is beautifully encapsulated in this drama about the tension between liberal bourgeois ideals and workingclass realities. While you werent looking is a film directed by catherine stewart with terence bridgett, tina jaxa, jill levenberg, sibongile mlambo, year. The film takes place in a south african society, outlining the story of the marriage and relationship of mixedrace couple, dez and terri, and the development of their daughter, asandas, queerness. Its hot delivers interesting characters and an intriguing plot. The story outlines the lives of the gay and lesbian experience and relationships in a. Secretly made a movie i love you, daddy will make its world debut at the toronto international film festival.