Cinema in the garden

Also posted on Morija.co.ls By Lineo Segoete Morija Arts and Cultural Festival 2013 held among it’s programs, a mini film festival called “Thru a Lens”. It was hosted in collaboration with Sesotho Media and Development and highlighted films by Basotho filmmakers; Tumelo Matobako, Kaizer Matsumunyane, Thabiso Mohapeloa and Philip Leteka. The project was a phenomenalContinue reading “Cinema in the garden”

The Forgotten Kingdom in Morija

As the sun sets on Saturday March 15, 2014 the amphitheatre at Morija Museum and Archives will host a screening of The Forgotten Kingdom (TFK), a feature film shot in Lesotho and South Africa. The event will be free and open to the public. Join us and see if you can recognise which scenes were filmed inContinue reading “The Forgotten Kingdom in Morija”

What it’s like to attend a Siyakhona mobile cinema community screening

Originally posted by Siyakhona Written by: Leila Hall It is a chilly Tuesday evening in Liphakoeng – a community perched on a hillside above the industrial zone of Ha Thetsane in Maseru. People are just getting home: many of them are workers in the nearby textile factories, and it is a long walk up theContinue reading “What it’s like to attend a Siyakhona mobile cinema community screening”

Take a stand in addressing Lesotho’s water crisis

The Siyakhona Media Studio is a not-for-profit community based project bringing together Basotho youth from varied and underprivileged backgrounds to be a voice for their communities, to enact social and behavioral change. The participants are trained in participatory human rights based video journalism and community activism. The Siyakhona Media Studio’s objective is to give aContinue reading “Take a stand in addressing Lesotho’s water crisis”

Basotho Voices: Human Security

Basotho Voices: Human Security, gives the floor to a diverse range of citizens from Lesotho. Basotho express their views on issues related to Human Security, a concept which entails the right of people to live in freedom and dignity, free from poverty and despair. All individuals are entitled to freedom from fear and freedom fromContinue reading “Basotho Voices: Human Security”