Movie Nights in Deep South

Wavescape has partnered with the Kommetjie Residents and Ratepayers Association (KRRA) and Protect the West Coast (PTWC) for the first of the KRRA Kom Film series. This one features a range of local surfers who have worked on, star in or are represented by these three films.

Join us for a special fund-raising evening of surfing, community and environmental activism in support of the important work of PTWC in keeping mining legal and mindful up the West Coast, and the environmental and social work of KRRA.

Come check out the films and engage afterwards with a panel of environmental activists, Kom residents and other experts around themes of alternative uses for the West Coast (surfing!), sustainability and other environmental and social challenges facing communities.

There is a strong connection to Kommetjie in the evening, not least because its happening in the village, but also because several Kommetjie residents comprise PTWC or star in the movies or were involved in their production.

Even if you have seen one or more, this remains a rare opportunity to come together for an evening of entertainment, friendship and networking.

6.30 for 7pm Thursday 13 October
Kommetjie Christian Church, 4 Lighthouse Rd

Films
Behind the Peak (8min)
Sonic Souvenirs (19min)
Ours Not Mine (37min)
Followed by Q&A (30min)

R50 a ticket here
www.kommetjie.org

Behind the Peak (8:30 min)
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Dungeons launched South Africa into big-wave infamy during the late 1990s. But did you know that nearby Sunset Reef, which is far more perfect, is the original big wave spot? Behind the Peak is a brief look at the history of these two wildly different waves that have produced some of the best surfers in the world when it comes to slinging a 9-foot-something gun over the ledge. Naturally most of the surfers in the movie come from Kom! Except of course the legendary 3x World Champ Grant Twiggy Baker, who says neither wave has been ridden close to its full potential, and the best is yet to come, especially out at Sunset. "There's the opportunity there to get just a mind-bending barrel on a really big wave" reckons Twiggy, who says the place is capable of producing tubes on par with Jaws.

Sonic Souvenirs: Episode 1 (19:15min)
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Sonic Souvenirs is a series of portraits that takes us on an exploration of art, music and surfing with Kom resident Mikey February. This film tracks Mikey’s travels up and down the East and West coast of South Africa. His trademark fluency in surfing style and motion lends itself perfectly to this cinematic exploration of a spiritual - almost mystical - visual connection with his natural environment. Another resident, Alan van Gysen, worked on the film.

Ours, Not Mine (37min)
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Director: Bryan Little
Producer: Ana-Filipa Domingues
The film by Protect the West Coast (many of the Exco, including CEO Mike Schlebach, come from the Kom) exposes the industrial-scale extraction of heavy sand minerals. The biodiversity and splendour of a pristine wilderness is juxtaposed against the illegal plunder by mining companies from Australia, South Africa, China and others. We hear the stories of indigenous and local people affected by the mining, including elders from the Khoi Griqua people, who live off the land and ocean. The film is a call to action to force the government to follow legally binding procedures from environmental impact studies to proper public participation. The film underlines that a destructive, single-use activity stifles efforts to find sustainable economic activities, such as agriculture, fisheries and nature-based tourism.