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A shot from award-winning film, ‘Barakat’. Picture: Supplied<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cape Town – Sunshine Cinema has done much community work to help nurture a new generation of film-makers from underprivileged communities and has given them an opportunity to gain insight into the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Its work includes addressing youth unemployment through an ambassadorship programme that trains young people to be media facilitators.Story continues below Advertisment<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is in addition to Impact Film Tours that teach the youth about raising awareness of key societal issues and immersive education to promote healthy sexual education using virtual reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As part of the next step to assist these communities, Sunshine Cinema has partnered with the kykNET Silwerskerm Film Festival to show a series of solar-powered movie screenings of South Africa\u2019s award-winning film, \u201cBarakat\u201d, which will take place this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The screenings are free of charge and open to everyone aged 13 and older.Story continues below Advertisment<\/p>\n\n\n\n They will take place at the Dulcie September Civic Centre tomorrow, the Rocklands Civic Centre on Monday, and the District Six Homecoming Centre on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Each screening will start at 7pm sharp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The screening is part of Sunshine Cinema\u2019s new Film Screening Impact Facilitator Course which gives those who are interested an opportunity to meet professional impact producers and immerse themselves in a network of inspiring changemakers.Story continues below Advertisment<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sunshine Cinema screening manager Darion Adams said Sunshine Cinema works in underprivileged communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe reason we do this is to give the youth access to films and screenings. It gives them a behind-the-scenes look at what goes on during the filmmaking process and it activates a space for future film-makers and storytellers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said the event was also about learning about the \u201cAfrikaaps\u201d culture, hence the screening of \u201cBarakat\u201c.Story continues below Advertisment<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe want the screening to give those in attendance insight into the Afrikaaps culture, and that those attending and interested in film-making leave the event with an experience of a live screening and with the information needed for them to start their own projects.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n More information about the event can be found at https:\/\/ sunshinecinema.org\/ with links to their social media found there too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n matthew.petersen@inl.co.za<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cape Argus<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n article from iol:<\/p>\n\n\n\n