Band members & filmmakers will be in attendance!

JIVING AND DYING: THE RADIO RATS DOCUMENTARY

Sat Aug 27, 20:30 - Sat Aug 27, 22:30

Labia Theatre

ABOUT

In late-1970s South Africa, there was a song on the radio about a spaceman called ZX Dan. It was by Radio Rats, a noisy little band from Springs, near Johannesburg. That song and hundreds more songwriter Jonathan Handley has penned since then remain an important part of South Africa’s musical landscape.  They influenced James Phillips (aka Bernoldus Niemand) who went on to initiate the alternative Afrikaans music scene of the mid-‘80s, the Voëlvry “movement”.  Jiving and Dying is an attempt to afford the Rats the place they deserve in the history of independent rock ’n’ roll in South Africa.

Filmmakers and band members in attendance to introduce the movie.


Directed by Michael Cross
 

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JIVING AND DYING: THE RADIO RATS DOCUMENTARY
Labia Theatre
68 Orange St, Cape Town 8001, South Africa
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