{"id":9050,"date":"2019-09-20T16:02:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T14:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=9050"},"modified":"2019-09-20T16:02:46","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T14:02:46","slug":"kings-of-mulberry-street-to-screen-at-st-louis-international-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2019\/09\/20\/kings-of-mulberry-street-to-screen-at-st-louis-international-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Kings Of Mulberry Street&#8221; To Screen At St. Louis International Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>South African director Judy Naidoo has been invited to screen her film \u2018Kings of Mulberry Street\u2019 at the 28th St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) which will be held from 7 to 17 November in St. Louis, Missouri. The festival provides the opportunity for St. Louis filmgoers to view the finest in world cinema and screens approximately 300 films over a period of 10 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/KINGS-OF-MULBERRY-STREET-Shaan-Nathoo-Baboo-and-Aaqil-Hoosen-Ticky.jpg?resize=600%2C307\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/KINGS-OF-MULBERRY-STREET-Shaan-Nathoo-Baboo-and-Aaqil-Hoosen-Ticky.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/KINGS-OF-MULBERRY-STREET-Shaan-Nathoo-Baboo-and-Aaqil-Hoosen-Ticky.jpg?resize=300%2C154&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>KINGS OF MULBERRY STREET &#8211; Shaan Nathoo (Baboo) and Aaqil Hoosen (Ticky)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Kings of Mulberry Street\u2019 will be eligible for the Audience Choice Awards for Best Feature and Best International Feature. Confirming the invitation, Chris Clark, Artistic Director at Cinema St. Louis, called \u2018Kings of Mulberry Street\u2019 funny and sweet and said his team were delighted to be screening it for their audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am absolutely thrilled about the opportunity to screen the film at this year\u2019s SLIFF,\u201d says director Judy Naidoo. \u201cThe popular festival is known for exploring cross-cultural understanding through the art of the cinema, and for enhancing cultural diversity by bringing horizon-expanding international films to audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The St. Louis International Film Festival has a solid and growing national and international reputation for its programming, particularly for its foreign language films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2018Kings of Mulberry Street\u2019 is a production I am extremely proud of,\u201d Naidoo says. \u201cThe film has been well received in South Africa and I am excited to be able to take it to an American festival audience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Set in the early 80s, the fictionalised area of Sugarhill District in KwaZulu Natal, \u2018Kings of Mulberry Street\u2019 is a charming, nostalgic story of two young Indian boys who have to find a way to overcome their differences and unite in order to defeat the bullying local crime lord who\u2019s threatening their families. A delightful and hilarious adventure, with universal themes that will appeal to the whole family, the film also pays tribute to classic 80s Bollywood movies and their heroes. Visually colourful and vibrant, the film is touching and heart-warming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The film opened in South Africa on 28 June and is distributed by Indigenous Film Distribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kings Of Mulbery Street Official Trailer\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4N0-1qhzcKA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indigenousfilm.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Indigenous Film Distribution (opens in a new tab)\">Indigenous Film Distribution<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African director Judy Naidoo has been invited to screen her film \u2018Kings of Mulberry Street\u2019 at the 28th St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) which will be held from 7 to 17 November in St. Louis, Missouri. 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